Julia Baker

@julia_r_baker

Memphis ✈️ → Nashville. Statehouse reporter for @stateaffairstn. Former public safety reporter for the @dailymemphian. 🎓 University of Memphis, 2021.

Nashville, TN

Joined September 2017

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jul 14

Hermandorfer's confirmation came four days after the Senate voted to end debate on her nomination. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/courts/sena…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Whitney Hermandorfer was confirmed to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after the Senate approved her nomination by a 46-42 vote on Monday afternoon.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jul 14

Green expressed confidence in her run, emphasizing she took over a seat on the council previously held by Republicans. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/elections/j…

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Metro Nashville PD@MNPDNashville · Jul 11

For your weekend planning, the KVB Bridge will be closed all day Sun for filming of the 911 Nashville television show. The scene involves an Airstream trailer winding up on the top of the bridge by a tornado. If you see this Sun, remember: IT IS A STUNT & NOT A REAL EMERGENCY.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jul 10

In a final procedural step before taking up Whitney Hermandorfer’s nomination to a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship, the Senate voted 51-43 on Thursday to end debate. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/courts/herm…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. In a final procedural step before taking up Whitney Hermandorfer’s nomination to a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship, the Senate voted 51-43 on Thursday to end debate.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jul 8

Reeves said he “pledged to be a reliable teammate in advancing the America First agenda." pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/politics/le…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Reeves said in a press release he “pledged to be a reliable teammate in advancing the America First agenda,” a movement President Donald Trump espoused since first running for president in 2016.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 30

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's emergency motion to keep him in jail until mid-July was granted by a judge. His attorneys filed the motion after Maryland prosecutors said they intended to deport Abrego to a country that is not his native El Salvador. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was initially expected to remain in jail for a few days following a hearing on Wednesday, when his attorneys requested he be held nearby.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 25

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in U.S. Marshals custody until the end of the week, when the magistrate is expected to issue a formal release order. But he will likely end up in ICE custody and could be deported again. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/courts/abre…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes acknowledged during a hearing Wednesday that Abrego would likely remain in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody following his release and could be deported...

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State Affairs Tennessee (Tennessee Journal)@StateAffairsTN · Jun 24

Inmates at three state prisons will soon begin receiving digital mail in lieu of physical mail. #tnpol ✍️@julia_r_baker pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

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State Affairs Tennessee (Tennessee Journal)@StateAffairsTN · Jun 24

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival organizers are not announcing new dates for the Coffee County music festival as they issue full refunds for this year’s cancelled event. ✍️@julia_r_baker pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/economy-bus…

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 23

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julia_r_baker's tweet card. Federal immigration officials will still likely hold Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody after he was returned to the U.S. earlier this month.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 10

Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson and House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s bill is in response to what they call “troubling actions” from Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/politics/re…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Tennessee House and Senate leaders are introducing a bill to make it a crime for a public official to compromise the safety of law enforcement officers or disrupt federal immigration enforcement...

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State Affairs Tennessee (Tennessee Journal)@StateAffairsTN · Jun 9

.@VP visited a Nashville restaurant before attending private Republican National Committee fundraiser. #tnpol ✍️@julia_r_baker pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/politics/va…

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 6

Next Friday, Abrego Garcia will have a hearing to determine whether he will get a detention hearing. He will be held in detention until then.

JJulia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 6

Abrego Garcia is making his first appearance in federal court this evening. The magistrate is giving him and his appointed attorney time to discuss the indictment before being arraigned sometime next week. They’re discussing whether to set a detention hearing and are in a recess.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 6

JJulia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 6

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been taken into the U.S. and indicted in a federal court in Nashville. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 6

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been taken into the U.S. and indicted in a federal court in Nashville. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. An indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the U.S. Court of the Middle District of Tennessee alleges he is a member of the MS-13 gang.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 5

“I have every confidence to believe that the Department of Correction has followed through as they should and that that process was handled as it should be last week,” Lee said. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. “I have every confidence to believe that the Department of Correction has followed through as they should and that that process was handled as it should be last week,” Lee said.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 4

U.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson wouldn’t agree to give the defendants until July 31 to file motions for acquittal or a new trial. But he acquiesced to moving the deadline to June 30. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/courts/phoe…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. U.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson wouldn’t agree to give the defendants until July 31 to file motions for acquittal or a new trial. But he acquiesced to moving the deadline to June 30.

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 3

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julia_r_baker's tweet card. The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the state’s authority to enact a 2023 law slashing the size of Nashville’s Metro Council to 20 from 40, reversing the trial court’s finding that the...

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · Jun 3

A legal fight over whether Grundy County can regulate quarry operations through local resolutions landed in the Tennessee Supreme Court last week, raising questions about the limits of local authority under state law. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/courts/supr…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Tinsley Properties LLC and Tinsley Sand & Gravel LLC are challenging a Grundy County resolution that prohibited the operation of a sand quarry within 5,000 feet of schools, residences and other...

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Julia Baker@julia_r_baker · May 22

Witnesses described his death by a new single-drug protocol to be peaceful. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/justice-civ…

julia_r_baker's tweet card. Smith was the first death row prisoner in Tennessee to receive the newly state-approved single-drug protocol, pentobarbital, which is a barbiturate typically used for conditions like seizures and...

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