Tennessee
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Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections into ‘human pin cushions’
Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse — so she could get the pills that made her back feel better.
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Duck River, Tennessee waterways could see regulation rollbacks under two proposed bills
Tennessee conservation groups that support the preservation of the Duck River are warily watching two bills that they say would put the state's waterways at serious risk.
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Tennessee teachers should follow Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ order, GOP leader says
A state Republican leader has introduced a resolution encouraging Tennessee teachers, especially geography teachers, to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley when speaking with their students about map locations recently rebranded by President Donald Trump.
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Tennessee State requests to use $154 million in building funds for operations
Tennessee State University officials are asking the State Building Commission to let them shift $154 million to daily campus operations after the funds were originally approved for building projects.
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Across the South, rural health care has become ‘trendy.’ Medicaid expansion has not.
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a small primary care clinic run by Clemson University draws patients from across the region.
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Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon
A man from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022, a court official said on Friday.
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Tennessee state senator calls school board member ‘Chicken Little’ in exchange over private school tuition grants
A state lawmaker and school board member from McMinn County engaged in a tense email exchange over legislation giving thousands of families across Tennessee taxpayer funding to pay for private school tuition.
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Some Tennessee charter school applicants could bypass local districts under governor’s proposal
Gov. Bill Lee is pushing for a major revision to Tennessee charter school law to create ways for operators to bypass their local elected school boards and apply directly to a state commission for authorization.
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Despite breakdowns in two states, online tuition payment company seeks to expand in Tennessee
Last September, the CEO of a company handling online payments for West Virginia's private school choice program promised not to seek additional business until he fixed technical glitches that led to a huge backlog of orders.
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Federal agency plans to sell some Tennessee buildings
At least one Tennessee building housing the offices of several politicians is set to be axed from the federal government's real estate profile.
