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Tennessee passed a slate of immigration bills. Here’s what they do.
The Tennessee General Assembly wrapped up its annual session this past week, with the Republican supermajority signing off on a slate of bills codifying some of the party’s priorities on education and other issues.
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Waymo self-driving cars bring viral incidents and policy predicaments to Nashville
On April 7, the Google-born self-driving car company Waymo began offering its ride-hailing service in Nashville.
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Ribbon cut on $328M, two-phase I-24/I-75 split project
With the now-completed, $328 million, seven-year project serving as a backdrop, state and local officials celebrated the official opening of the reconstructed Interstate 75/Interstate 24 interchange with a ribbon-cutting Friday atop the Belvoir Avenue bridge.
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TVA names former operations chief Mike Skaggs as interim CEO
The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors has selected Mike Skaggs, who retired as TVA chief operating officer in 2022, as interim CEO effective immediately through April 24, 2027.
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Bill requiring Tennessee sheriffs to work with ICE heads to governor’s desk
All 95 Tennessee county sheriffs will be required to enter cooperative agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in legislation headed to Gov. Bill Lee's desk after a final Senate vote on Thursday.
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Tennessee lawmakers OK bill to boost state matchmaking between recycling programs, buyers
As space in Tennessee's landfills grows more scarce, the state is aiming to ramp up recycling markets through a new advisory council and revamped Office of Cooperative Marketing for Recyclables.
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Federal judge orders immediate release of Memphis high school student detained by ICE
Yasser Jose Lopez Soza has spent his weeks in the West Tennessee Detention Center working seven-hour kitchen shifts to stay busy.
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Tennessee Republicans vote to take over Memphis-Shelby County schools
Tennessee Republicans have passed an unprecedented intervention of the Memphis-Shelby County school system that gives political appointees sweeping authority over the locally elected school board and the state's largest school district.
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Memphis lawmaker G.A. Hardaway dies after short illness
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, who had a reputation as a fierce advocate for his Memphis community, civil rights and crime victims, died early Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center at the age of 71.
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Some cry ‘voter suppression’ over Hamilton County GOP mailer, but chair says it’s legal
Hamilton County resident Kay Mitchell got a postcard in the mail this week, sent by the Hamilton County Republican Party to some residents.
