Community members pressed the CMCSS board for transparency Tuesday, the first meeting since a teacher admitted showing nude photos of himself to a 17-year-old student. Read the rest of the article on ClarksvilleNow.com .

If lawmakers are serious about serving Tennesseans, the plan is obvious: Close the corporate tax loopholes, and stop letting companies like CoreCivic take money that belongs to our communities. Read the full Opinion piece on The Tennesseean.

Read the write-up from Nashville Scene .

Two bills that could challenge Plyler v. Doe , the landmark Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing every child’s right to a free public education, are advancing in the Tennessee legislature. The Education for All-Tennessee coalition continues to call on legislators to reject these bills. Read the full press release from EdTrust Tennessee.

Watch the video from WSMV in Nashville.

On Tuesday, February 24, Housing for All Tennessee hosted its 4th Annual Day on the Hill. The event brought together renters, neighbors with lived experience of homelessness, community leaders, and advocates from across the state for a day of storytelling and action at the Tennessee State Capitol. Read the full article from the Knoxville Daily Sun here.

Dozens fo Tennesseans gathered near the State Capitol looking for solutions to homelessness. Read the full article and watch the video from WKRN.

Housing for All TN held it fourth annual day on the hill today bringing together renters, neighbors experiencing homelessness, and housing advocates across the state to highlight the crisis of landlord greed and government inaction, which has led to the worst affordability crisis in living memory. Read the full article from the Cleveland Daily Banner .

“I am a working professional who has a master’s degree in a highly sought-after field,” said social worker Maddie Casey. “I’ve had to get a second job to afford my rent.” Read the article or watch the video on WATE.

Housing for All Tennessee Coalition will speak to lawmakers about reducing the financial burden being placed on working families. They intend to meet with State Sen. Becky Duncan Massey and State Rep. Dave Wright of Knox County, among others. Read the article or watch the video from WATE.

"Do you want schools to focus on positive student academic outcomes, or do you want schools to be an instrument of immigration enforcement?" said Betsy Hobkirk [SOCM member], who has been an elementary school teacher in Knox County for 15 years. Read the full article from Chalkbeat Tennessee.

A Davidson County Chancery Court order has temporarily stopped Middle Point Landfill's plans to expand vertically by more than 70 feet, following a lawsuit from the City of Murfreesboro. SOCM members in Rutherford County have been fighting the landfill expansion since it was announced. Read the full article from New Channel 5.

Sewanee resident Kiki Beavers explained “the Jackson Law gives counties and cities the right to make local decisions about landfill development in their district and within one mile of their borders.” If the local governing body adopts the Jackson Law and decides not to allow a landfill, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation cannot grant the landfill a permit. However, to adopt the Jackson Law, a municipality must be incorporated. “Unincorporated communitie