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Memphis Sand Aquifer At Center Of Growing Number Of Disputes
Councilmembers clashed with TVA reps Tuesday over over plans to relocate coal ash to a local landfill.
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TWRA Officials Face Pushback Over Plans To Raze Old-Growth Forest
More than 200 people attended a public meeting in Sparta to hear directly from state officials about the plan.
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GOP Lawmakers Could Hold Ford Project Hostage For COVID Session
House Speaker Cameron Sexton says some members of the Republican Caucus would vote against the project if the COVID session doesn't happen.
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TN Wildlife Resources Agency Plans To Raze Old-Growth Forest
The plan to clear forest for quail habitat is raising the ire of hunters and hikers, as well as a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
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Tennessee National Guard Member Remembered As ‘Full Of Life'
Bobby May was on the verge of retiring from the Guard when he contracted what turned out to be a fatal case of COVID-19.
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Abortion Rights Rally In Nashville Draws Hundreds
The rally was part of coordinated events in cities across the nation after a Texas law banning most abortions took effect.
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Sexton, McNally Seeking COVID Special Session
Citing public complaints about COVID-19 mandates, Tennessee’s top legislative leaders are working to bring lawmakers to Nashville.
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Memphis Jury Finds Robinson Guilty On Four Counts Of Wire Fraud
The Democratic state senator said the fight is "far from over."
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COVID-19 Deaths Of Tennessee Public School Employees Climb To 21
Two long-time Clarksville teachers died within a week of one another.
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Stockard On The Stump: Welcome To The Green New Deal, Tennessee
Also: Unionization not quite set in stone for Blue Oval City.
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Gov. Lee Extending Mask Opt-Out Order Despite Court Rulings
Federal judges in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis ruled against the governor’s order in three separate cases.
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Vanderbilt University Sued For Gender Identity Discrimination
The lawsuit filed by Olivia Ruth Hill also alleges her supervisors retaliated against her after she reported harassment.
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Jury Begins Deliberations In Robinson Trial Thursday Morning
The Democrat elected to represent southeast Memphis in the Tennessee State Legislature in 2018 faces five counts of wire fraud.
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Federal Child Tax Credit Program Boosts Thousands In Tennessee
“Game changer,” says 5th District Congressman Jim Cooper, a sponsor of the bill.
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Coalition To Hold Events For Abortion Justice In Tennessee Cities
The events will take place in nine locations on Saturday, Oct. 2.
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COVID Could Creep Into Blue Oval Special Session
Talk is circulating about alleged GOP plans to attach a "no-vaccine mandate" to the legislation.
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Tennessee National Guard Member Dies Of COVID In Texas
Reports said it was a 56-year-old guardsman, attached to Tennessee Joint Task Force Headquarters, who died in San Antonio on Aug. 27.
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Ford’s Blue Oval City To Set Up Union Shop At Memphis Megasite
The move conflicts with the GOP-controlled Legislature’s votes to put right to work law in the state Constitution through a ballot measure.
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Physicians Fire Back At Governor’s COVID Policies
The are cheering three court decisions to overturn his executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates.
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As Federal Protections Have Ended, Memphis Evictions Have Soared
Memphis courts saw 457 evictions filed between Aug. 22 and and Aug. 29, the highest amount this year.
