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October 26, 2021 at 10:16 am

Emails reveal dismay, anger over vaccine chief’s firing

Emails show that the firing of Tennessee’s former vaccination director caught the state’s top health leaders off guard and sent them scrambling for answers.

October 25, 2021 at 10:24 am

Tennessee senator indicted on campaign cash scheme charges

A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner have been indicted on charges they illegally concealed the transfer of $91,000 during the Republican...

FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk speaks in Nashville, Tenn. Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws, a strategy at work in response to some of the most controversial new changes in recent years. Funk has made a habit of resisting GOP-passed laws. He says enforcing them would “do little to promote public health, and even less to promote public safety.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) WX201 WX201

October 18, 2021 at 9:29 pm

District attorneys refusing to prosecute some GOP-led laws

Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws. They say they're doing what's right in response to...

October 18, 2021 at 10:40 am

Tennessee considering $900M Ford incentive package

Tennessee is poised to spend approximately $900 million of its tax revenues on incentives, infrastructure projects and more under an agreement with Ford Motor Co....

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October 17, 2021 at 9:38 am

Judge limits unpaid leave for unvaccinated workers at US lab

A federal judge has limited the ability for now for the nonprofit running Oak Ridge National Laboratory to place employees on unpaid leave who receive...

October 6, 2021 at 10:26 pm

Judge: Civil lawyers to see more of Waffle House murder case

A judge will allow attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee after a mass shooting to access some of the files...

October 3, 2021 at 12:39 pm

Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets VIEW

Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and...

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October 1, 2021 at 10:04 pm

Flooded Tennessee town wrestles with how, where to rebuild VIEW

A hundred years ago, the massive rural Tennessee flood that killed 20 people could have been chalked up to a fluke of nature

FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, trade show attendees examine handguns and rifles at the Smith & Wesson display booth at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, in Las Vegas. Smith & Wesson announced Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, it plans to move its headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) BX802 BX802

September 30, 2021 at 12:17 pm

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson moving headquarters to Tennessee

Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson plans to relocate its headquarters from Massachusetts to create 750 jobs in Tennessee. One of the reasons to head to...

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September 30, 2021 at 11:35 am

Union jobs? Ford’s plan for new EV factories raises question

Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it would build four vast new factories in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025 and hire nearly 11,000 workers raised...

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