Tennessee
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Project River: $11.3B Bradley County campus aims to revive logging, attract data center
Developers searching for customer for on-site power plants
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Mayor’s Chattanooga Airport board bemoans slow legal challenge to state takeover
Chattanooga Airport board members appointed by Mayor Tim Kelly met at City Hall on Monday to hear updates on the board's legal challenges to a state law that vacated and replaced them.

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Where the 2026 Tennessee governor candidates stand on education issues
Where do Tennessee's governor candidates stand on education issues?

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East Tennessee man to appeal long federal sentence for ‘nihilistic violent extremist’
A 27-year-old East Tennessee man sentenced to 77 years in federal prison will appeal the judgment, according to a notice filed in his online docket Thursday.

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Starbucks lays off 224, including workers refusing to move to Nashville
Starbucks is cutting hundreds of its corporate workers as part of a restructuring that began in May.

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Tennessee Republican balks at nuclear campus, waste storage
An East Tennessee Republican lawmaker is challenging the governor's support for bringing a massive nuclear facility to East Tennessee, saying the risk of storing nuclear waste is greater than any economic benefits.

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US wildlife officials reverse on directive to euthanize bald eagle in Tennessee
Animal’s new home ready at Radnor Lake State Park

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Former Chattanooga City Council member Demetrus Coonrod enters Tennessee House race
Demetrus Coonrod, a former two-term Chattanooga City Council member, has announced plans to run as an independent for the District 28 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Metro Nashville joins lawsuit claiming feds withheld millions
Metro Nashville filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court, claiming the Trump administration withheld tens of millions of dollars for anti-terrorism efforts unless states and local governments adopted certain election-system policies to check citizenship.

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Tennessee reports $1.2B surplus during past fiscal year
Tennessee's next governor will enter office with a $1.2 billion surplus after the state finalized the books on its most recent fiscal year.
