John Cole’s Tennessee

March 1, 2023 10:00 am

John Cole’s Tennessee: Days after House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, dressed down a representative of Tennessee Right to Life for “intimidation” tactics, Republican lawmakers gave in to the group and changed a bill that would create exceptions for the life of the mother in the state’s abortion ban.

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John Cole

John Cole's political cartoons on Tennessee topics appear in the Tennessee Lookout weekly. He is currently the staff cartoonist for the editorial pages of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, PA. Prior to this, he enjoyed a nearly 20-year run with The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC. His award-winning work is internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons.