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Blackburn, Johnson spar over military abortion policy
Tennessee Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Gloria Johnson is criticizing incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn for what Johnson calls the senator's "es…
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Tennessee attorney general, other AGs urge Congress to study, rein in artificial intelligence-generated child porn
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says he has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in all 50 states to urge Congress study how artific…
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Tennessee state Rep. Johnson announces U.S. Senate run
State Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, formally announced Tuesday she is challenging U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., saying she is in the race "because T…
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Expected U.S. Senate candidate Gloria Johnson holding ‘announcement tour’ Tuesday and other Tennessee political news
Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Knoxville Democrat and retired public school teacher, embarks Tuesday on what she calls an "announcement" tour
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Congressional Reps. Clyde, Greene, Ogles file bills to block use of federal dollars to prosecute Trump
A trio of Georgia and Tennessee Republican congressional members are mounting three separate efforts to defund ongoing criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump.
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White House accuses Rep. Greene of trying to ‘trigger’ government shutdown
The White House is slamming U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after the Northwest Georgia congresswoman said this week she won't vote to fund the federal govern…
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Covenant School parent: ‘Our elected representatives have done nothing’
Parents of children at a Nashville Christian elementary school where a shooter killed three children and three adults March 27 are vowing to return to the Tenn…
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Tennessee legislature’s special session ends with many unhappy for many reasons
Tennessee's special legislative session on public safety, called by Gov. Bill Lee after a deadly Nashville private school shooting in March, came to a chaotic …
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Nashville judge rules protest signs can continue in Tennessee special legislative session on public safety, guns
A Davidson County chancellor ruled Monday that Tennessee House Republicans’ rule banning visitors from carrying small handheld signs in the chamber’s galleries…
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Political notebook: Judge to hear Tennessee attorney general’s objections to temporary restraining order to a state House
A legal challenge to a Davidson County judge's temporary restraining order that blocks new Tennessee House of Representatives' rules banning protest signs duri…
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Tennessee House, Senate Republicans return amid bitter stalemate on public safety issues
Tennessee lawmakers are set to return to the state Capitol on Monday to begin their second week of a special legislative session on public safety, guns and men…
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Tennessee House, Senate Republicans at odds in special session over school shooting legislation
Tennessee's special legislative session on public safety, guns and mental health will stretch into next week as top leaders in the Republican-led Senate and Ho…
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Tennessee House meeting turns ugly after motion to cut off debate on bill regarding guns on school grounds
Tempers erupted in a Tennessee House committee Wednesday evening after a Republican lawmaker moved to cut off debate on a bill to expand the pool of people who…
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Panel OKs bills on safe gun storage, background checks, human trafficking during Tennessee special session
Tennessee lawmakers' special session on public safety to address the aftermath of a deadly private school shooting spree in Nashville took an unexpected turn T…
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Two sides of Tennessee gun debate have different approaches in response to Nashville school shooting
Tennessee lawmakers began their special session on public safety Monday with Republican leaders saying their members won't approve gun-control laws to make it …
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Covenant School parents wrap up 40 days of prayer for special session progress
Parents whose children attend a conservative Christian elementary school in Nashville where six people were killed in a March gun attack said Sunday they are h…
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Subscriber ExclusiveGov. Lee proposed ‘orders of protection’ on guns as part of special session, but he won’t be pushing it
Just days after a shooter armed with semi-automatic guns killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a Nashville private Christian elementary school in March,…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTennessee Rep. Hakeem plans bill banning further sales of semi-automatic guns in upcoming special session
With Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's special legislative session on public safety and mental health fast approaching, lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislat…
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Tennessee Gov. Lee, lawmakers and colleges join together to promote truck-driver training programs
Citing a critical need for additional truck drivers to transport goods and products, the Tennessee Board of Regents, Gov. Bill Lee and state lawmakers have tea…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTennessee Senate Democrats: Fatal shootings increased as Republicans abolished gun-safety laws
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Senate Democrats have gone on the offensive in the lead-up to Republican Gov. Bill Lee's Aug. 21 special session on public safety and fir…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTennessee Senate speaker: Gun order of protection provision won’t pass legislature in special session
Among the 18 provisions included in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's call for an Aug. 21 special legislative session on public safety is one that lets lawmakers consi…
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Covenant School parents hope for best in Tennessee Gov. Lee's special session on firearms, public safety
A group of parents advocating for new firearms-safety measures after the deadly March shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville say they're grateful Republi…
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Tennessee Gov. Lee issues formal call for gun safety legislative session to begin Aug. 21
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday issued the formal call for his special session on public safety in the wake of a deadly March 27 shooting at The Covenant Sc…
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Former US attorney general calls on Tennessee House speaker to restore Rep. Jones to committees before special session on guns
Representing state Rep. Justin Jones, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton that Jones…
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Covenant shooting victim’s mom challenges lawmakers in gun reform ad: ‘What’s more important?’
A mother whose 9-year-old daughter died in the March gun assault at The Covenant School in Nashville is making a video plea for Tennessee lawmakers to act to s…
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Tennessee Republican executive committee asks Gov. Lee to drop special session on gun safety
Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee members Saturday adopted a resolution that encourages Gov. Bill Lee to drop his planned Aug. 21 special legislat…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga police say DeSantis vehicles in motorcade crash were rentals, not government owned
Four vehicles in the July 25 crash of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' motorcade in Chattanooga were rented in Georgia and not "government vehicles" as initially des…
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Tennessee, Georgia U.S. senators, representatives weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s indictment
Republican U.S. Sens. Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee as well as other GOP lawmakers from Tennessee and Georgia condemned the indictment of form…
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Tennessee House speaker, Senate majority leader pan Gov. Lee’s ‘order of protection’ gun removal proposal
Two top Tennessee Republican House and Senate leaders said Gov. Bill Lee doesn't have support in the GOP-dominated General Assembly to pass his proposed "order…
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Tennessee Highway Patrol was leading DeSantis motorcade that crashed in Chattanooga
A Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle was leading the motorcade taking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a Chattanooga presidential campaign fundraiser when Tuesday's …
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Police: DeSantis unharmed after car accident on way to Chattanooga fundraiser
A four-vehicle motorcade taking Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a Chattanooga campaign fundraiser was involved in a crash on…
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Subscriber ExclusiveChattanooga Republicans holding fundraiser for GOP presidential hopeful DeSantis
Republican presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to be in Chattanooga on Tuesday for a fundraiser sponsored by local supporters.
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Political notebook: Government “100%” covering up UFO information, Burchett says
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, says he is "100%" convinced the federal government and Pentagon officials are covering up information about unidentified f…
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Covenant School parents form nonprofits to press school gun safety measures following Nashville shooting
A group of parents-turned-activists whose children attend The Covenant School in Nashville have launched two nonprofit groups directed at protecting children f…
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Subscriber ExclusiveHamilton County lawmakers endorse keeping Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute on Bend with smaller footprint
Hamilton County's state legislative delegation has unanimously endorsed a proposal to rebuild the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute on a portion of the 62-…
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Chattanooga State wins state approval to proceed with $20 million expansion in Rhea County, $10.2 million project in Chattanooga
The Tennessee State Building Commission has given Chattanooga State Community College approval to proceed with planning an estimated $20 million project in Rhe…
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Ossoff, Blackburn team up on Federal Prisons Accountability Act and more Tennessee political news
U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, are teaming up on a bipartisan bill to boost oversight and accountability of the federal p…
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DeSantis pledges to reverse ‘national decline’ at Nashville appearance
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Tennessee Republicans Saturday that he wants to reverse what he called a national decline under Democratic President Joe Biden, …
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Tennessee murders, rapes, kidnappings fall but vehicle, identity theft rise, according to TBI report
Murders in Tennessee dropped 14.55% in 2022, while reported cases of rape and kidnapping respectively fell 10.6% and 11.98% from 2021, according to the Tenness…
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New Tennessee law sets up ‘Do Not Text’ register — but will it make a difference?
Tennesseans exhausted by text messages, including spam, bombarding their cellphones and other devices may find some relief under a new state law that took effe…
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Tennessee survey shows Biden, Trump lead in respective primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to be the clear favorites for their respective parties' nominations in Tennessee thus far, accor…
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Return of passenger railway to Chattanooga gets boost
A new state report recommends the Tennessee Department of Transportation study the feasibility of establishing the proposed passenger rail corridor from Nashvi…
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Marsha Blackburn blames U.S. decrease in patriotism on school ‘indoctrination’ and more Tennessee political news
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says Americans must "acknowledge a troubling reality" about the U.S. on this Independence Day.
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Subscriber ExclusiveHouse Republicans seek to preserve Confederate names for Lake Lanier and Buford Dam
A U.S. House Republican effort to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from renaming Georgia's Lake Lanier and Buford Dam — both of which are named for men w…
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Nearly 175 new Tennessee laws set to take effect July 1
Nearly 175 bills passed this year by Tennessee lawmakers take effect Saturday, but the fate of two of the new laws are now before judges, and the outcome remai…
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Study finds gunfire as leading cause of death for Tennessee youth
Gunfire was the 10th leading cause of death among Tennesseans in 2021 and reached "record highs," according to a report released Monday by the Sycamore Institu…
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Country music entertainer John Rich charges Gov. Lee with trying to ‘strong arm’ Republicans into passing ‘red flag’ gun laws
You can add country music singer-songwriter John Rich to the list of those opposing Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's expected Aug. 21 special legislative session to r…
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Tennessee expected to collect more than $400 million from multistate opioid settlement
Tennessee is expected to reap a $419 million bonanza as its share of a $17.3 billion multistate settlement with opioid manufacturers Teva and Allergan as well …
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Tennessee, Georgia Republican and Democratic lawmakers spar over Trump, Biden legal issues
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from hundreds of classified documents seized from his Florida home …
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Ownership of Nashville school shooter’s writings will be transferred to students' parents
Ownership of the writings of the Nashville school shooter is being transferred to the families of students at the school, an attorney representing the shooter'…
