NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee’s state secretary ordered all regional libraries to conduct a review of their inventories to ensure all materials are in line with federal and state laws.

In a letter sent on September 8, Secretary of State Tre Hargett ordered every library in the state’s Regional Library System to make sure no materials are made available that would violate any executive orders from the current administration.

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Hargett used President Donald Trump’s Executive Order prohibiting the promotion of “gender ideolog

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