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Stockard on the Stump: Memphis replaces Nashville as legislative ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Sam Stockard. Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row. He has led the Capitol Hill bureau for The Daily Memphian.
Federal home energy rebate dollars are rolling out to states; when ...
WEBAug 28, 2024 · More than $8 billion flagged for home energy rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act is beginning to trickle out of federal coffers, but Tennessee residents will likely have to wait until the spring of 2025 to start applying for their chunk of change. Each state must shape its own plan to dole out the funding, […]
A 10-year-old pointed a finger gun. The principal kicked him out …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Tennessee lawmakers claimed that ramping up punishments for threats would help prevent serious acts of violence. “What we’re really doing is sending a message that says ‘Hey, this is not a joke, this is not a joking matter, so don’t do this,’” state Sen. Jon Lundberg, a co-sponsor of the legislation, told a Chattanooga news station a week and a half after the law went into effect.
Racial and political gerrymander look virtually the same with …
WEBSep 4, 2024 · Middle Tennessee has three corridors in which a large portion of the state’s nonwhite population lives, and two of them used to be in one congressional district. Now, they are spread across four. The move to split Clarksville, North Nashville, and the Antioch-Smyrna region into four different U.S ...
Commentary: Four ways Tennessee’s new trust regulations benefit ...
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Tennessee’s national reputation as a leading state to establish and administer a trust took another step forward with the passage of several new regulations on May 12.
Tennessee wildlife agency won’t appeal ruling that limits secret ...
WEBJul 24, 2024 · Anita Wadhwani is a senior reporter for the Tennessee Lookout. The Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media (TAPME) named her Journalist of the Year in 2019 as well as giving her the Malcolm Law Award for Investigative Journalism.
Redistricting in Tennessee: An explanation of how the system works
WEBJun 24, 2021 · However, understanding redistricting helps Tennesseans stay informed about their own representatives and if a change in their district is likely to happen. Redistricting is the name for the drawing of new congressional, state legislative, and even city council boundaries after every U.S. census. …
Tennessee law to let teachers carry guns in schools caused a …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · After the 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, for instance, families of the 19 victims sued police over the botched response, and also reached a $2 million settlement with the city, including the promise of higher standards and better training for local officers.In Oxford, Michigan, families of four high school students killed in a 2021 shooting there accused the school ...
Amid dispute over primary loss, Anderson County officials criticize ...
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Politics; Amid dispute over primary loss, Anderson County officials criticize Ragan’s education stances Rep. John Ragan is challenging his 258-vote loss, blaming it on Democratic crossover voters, but local officials point to his support for school vouchers.