Tennessee
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Nashville DA, police under scrutiny for not filing charges after transgender woman was attacked
The Davidson County District Attorney's Office is facing scrutiny for not filing charges after a man struck a transgender woman in the head at a Nashville business in May.
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Some Tennessee Valley leaders scratch heads at Trump’s TVA firings
In any future book on the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority, there could be a chapter devoted to 2025. And we're not even halfway through the year.
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Only 3 Human Rights Commission employees were hired by the attorney general as 30 positions are transferred
The Tennessee Human Rights Commission will cease to exist at the end of the month under a law passed this spring that targeted the independent agency that oversees discrimination complaints.
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More candidates enter field to replace Green in Tennessee’s 7th District
Two combat veterans are joining the race to replace outgoing Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green, while a former political operative is considering a candidacy for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District seat.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Tennessee.
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ICE took nearly 200 Nashvillians into custody a month ago, but still won’t identify them
It has been a month since federal immigration agents, with the help of Tennessee state troopers, took nearly 200 allegedly undocumented immigrants off Nashville's streets and quickly bussed them out of state.
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Hamilton County lobbyist resigns for statewide campaign post
Chris Devaney, the county's lobbyist, has resigned to run Republican U.S. Rep. John Rose's campaign for Tennessee governor, according to a memo obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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Chattanooga hemp businesses threatened by alcohol regulations
Tennessee alcohol regulators are getting ready to oversee the legal hemp industry next year.
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GOP bill would oust, arrest elected officials who share immigration enforcement information
Tennessee Republican lawmakers unveiled legislation this week that would make it a felony for public officials to release the names of immigration officers in another public swipe aimed at the Democratic mayor of Nashville.
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Tennessee launches its summer food benefits this week. Most students in the state will miss out.
For the first time in five years, the majority of low-income students across Tennessee will not receive supplemental grocery funds this summer to help bridge the months when they aren't receiving school meals.
