Regional
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Nashville Democrat sues Tennessee lieutenant governor over committee suspension, other restrictions
A Tennessee Democratic state senator has sued the chamber leader over her committee reassignment and travel reimbursement restrictions implemented after she protested from the Senate Floor during a recent special session to redraw the state's U.S. House map.
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Debate over data center growth in Georgia heats up race for governor
As Georgia becomes a national leader in new data center construction, debate over how to regulate the booming industry has become a hot issue in the race for governor.
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Kalshi halted, for now, in Tennessee gambling ruling
A federal appeals court ruled that prediction market Kalshi's sports-event contracts are subject to Tennessee's sports-wagering laws, reversing a lower-court ruling.
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Judges will order on Chattanooga airport lawsuit motions with ‘haste’
Both Chattanooga's challenge to a Tennessee law that replaced the local airport board and the new state-appointed board remain in place after judges heard arguments from each side Monday.
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TVA to receive historic nuclear reactor permit with Lee, Blackburn watching
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee for governor, will attend a ceremony as the Tennessee Valley Authority receives a historic nuclear reactor construction permit on Tuesday.
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White Oak Bicycle Co-op building ecosystems of access to bikes across region
So far in 2026, Red Bank's White Oak Bicycle Co-op has put fleets of bicycles in five elementary schools and built three new traffic gardens in an attempt to build ecosystems of access in local communities.
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State reverses course on replacement hospital site for Moccasin Bend
Less than a week after announcing a new site for the $260 million Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, state officials have reversed course.
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Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.
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Tennessee schools still miss farm-to-school grant eliminated in 2025 as USDA rolls out new programs
School Nutrition Director Vickie Dunaway has spent years transitioning the Milan Special School District in West Tennessee toward scratch-made cooking.
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President Trump draws loud ovation from sold-out Neyland Stadium
The line had formed outside of Neyland Stadium well before sunrise.
