Uncertainty looms as Human Rights Commission nears end date - Nashville Banner

Uncertainty looms as Human Rights Commission nears end date - Nashville Banner

The Tennessee Human Rights Commission will cease to exist at the end of the month under a law passed this spring that targeted the independent agency that oversees discrimination complaints. As the Attorney General’s Office prepares to absorb the commission’s 30 full-time employees, only three have been hired to continue their work.  Last month, employees of the commission were told they would be laid off when the commission sunsets at the end o…