Tennessee
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New video goes inside Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Nashville ICE operation
Newly released footage offers insight into how the Tennessee Highway Patrol and ICE managed an immigration sting in Nashville in early May, although redactions and an interruption to the body camera footage raise concerns about transparency surrounding the operation.
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Former Tennessee House speaker sentenced to three years in federal prison
Six years after being bounced from the Tennessee House speakership, former Rep. Glen Casada was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme.
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Why a Kentucky company is suing over Tennessee’s hemp rules
A Kentucky hemp company is suing Tennessee alcohol regulators, saying new rules for the state's hemp industry violate protections for interstate sales and advertising.
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Mark Green left Congress to work with lobbyist, rival Chinese businesses
Former Congressman Mark Green suddenly retired this summer, less than a year into his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, to pursue an unknown business venture.
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Tennessee awards all of its private school tuition grants
The Tennessee Department of Education announced Friday that all 20,000 of the available taxpayer-funded grants for private school tuition costs had been awarded, though it did not respond to questions about how many were being used in the Chattanooga region.
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TVA intends to deploy nuclear fusion plant once tech is ready
Knoxville-based Type One Energy developing reactor at closed coal facility
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Comment period on national forests ‘roadless rule’ ends Friday
Public comments must be submitted by Friday on a potential change to allow more road building on undeveloped U.S. national forest land after the Trump administration announced plans in August to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, better known as the “Roadless Rule.”
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Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, calling it a ‘replica’ of his crackdown on Washington
President Donald Trump signed an order Monday sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, offering another major test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.
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Cleveland, Tenn., imagining a more vibrant city after purchase of two industrial sites
Cleveland, Tennessee, officials are wrapping up the second phase of an environmental assessment following the acquisition of two former Whirlpool plant sites.
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Six Chattanooga-area real estate agents fined by state
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance releases a monthly report of disciplinary actions, including the revocation of professional licenses and civil penalties, taken by its regulatory boards against individuals and organizations found guilty of violating laws governing their professions.
