Tennessee
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Tennessee faith leaders criticize ICE action, ‘harassment’ of Nashville mayor
Tennessee's three bishops from the Tennessee Catholic Conference on Friday pushed back on actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during recent sweeps of Nashville communities, while faith leaders from another group condemned "harassment" of Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell by Republican leaders.
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Federal prosecutors in Nashville ask judge to keep Abrego Garcia detained until trial
Federal prosecutors on Monday detailed legal arguments for the detention until trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
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GOP House Homeland chairman Green to retire from Congress early
The House Homeland Security Committee's chairman, Republican Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee, announced Monday that he will retire from Congress once the House votes again on the sprawling tax and budget policy bill backed by President Donald Trump.
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Nashville grows from ‘not a soccer city’ to hosting Club World Cup matches
Soccer enthusiasts in Music City once numbered so few that when a fan spotted someone with a soccer bumper sticker, they could probably recognize the car's driver.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador prison, to face federal charges in Nashville
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the Trump administration conceded had been wrongly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, has been returned to the United States and is scheduled to be arraigned in a Nashville federal court on Friday.
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Transparency of Tennessee business tax refund law in question
Tennessee's newly released listing of companies netting a business tax refund creates the appearance of transparency without providing the public a true picture, according to an open government advocate.
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Nashville school year saw 44 students arrested for making threats of mass violence
On the afternoon of Feb. 5, the parents of students at Inglewood's Dan Mills Elementary received an email to inform them of "a situation that occurred at school today."
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Tennessee, Chattanooga area officials hail state’s $15 million riverfront revamp investment
In the 2000s, the 21st Century Waterfront plan reimagined Chattanooga's riverfront, connecting downtown attractions and the community to the Tennessee River in ways they had not been before. Now, the Evolving Our Riverfront Parks plan seeks to reimagine the waterfront again.
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Trump nominee Penny Schwinn pledges alignment with president’s education agenda after GOP criticism
Penny Schwinn, President Donald Trump's nominee for the No. 2 role at the U.S. Department of Education, said she agrees with his push to dismantle the department and that states are better suited to solve long-standing education problems than Washington.
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Conflicted Tennessee Senate overwhelmingly passed business tax refund
Thirteen of Tennessee's 33 senators declared a conflict of interest before voting on a $1.9 billion business tax break in 2024, including one whose companies reaped the benefits of the cut and a prior state grant.
