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Demonstrators protesting a bill that would've allowed schools to deny students based on immigration status at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville.

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Republicans say they will still push education based on legal status

The Tennessee Legislature aimed to challenge a 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established a right to education for all students. Republican lawmakers still hope to overturn that.

May 01, 2025
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  • Marianna Bacallao
A cotton picker moves through Chris Hopkins' cotton field, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, near Lyons, Ga.

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Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has pledged to start paying out tens of billions in aid to victims of Hurricane Helene later this month. But delays are already making it hard this year for some farmers to plant crops.

March 13, 2025
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  • Associated Press
On Sept. 27, when Hurricane Helene hit the Southern Appalachians, rain from higher altitudes transformed the river into a deadly flash flood, ripping a path of destruction through Erwin. The flood claimed lives, leveled homes and businesses, and forced an emergency helicopter evacuation of Unicoi County Hospital, which opened next to the river in 2018. Maddy Alewine / KFF HEALTH NEWS

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Helicopters rescued patients in ‘apocalyptic’ flood. Other hospitals are at risk, too

The helicopter evacuation of 70 people from a Tennessee hospital during Hurricane Helene is considered a success story. The building was destroyed by floodwaters, but no one died. In hindsight, why was it built next to a river?

December 17, 2024
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  • Lauren Sausser and
  • Holly K. Hacker
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

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Supreme Court seems ready to uphold ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Three Tennessee families—and the Biden administration—are challenging the state's ban.

December 04, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court hears argument in a case involving gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee.

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Supreme Court hears challenge to law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids

At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

December 04, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Nicholas Hamlett, 45, was the subject of a weekslong manhunt following the Oct. 18 murder of Steven Lloyd. Authorities say Hamlett befriended Lloyd and lured him into a wooded area in Tennessee, killing him in an attempted identity theft plot.

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A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

November 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
The $5.5 million grant to NPR comes at a time when local newsrooms are struggling to stay afloat.

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NPR gets $5.5 million grant to strengthen local journalism as news deserts spread

The grant, from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, will be used to launch regional newsrooms in Appalachia and the Mountain West. It will also be used to strengthen existing public media collaboratives in New England, the Midwest and California.

July 11, 2024
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  • Lola Murti
Brian Kelley poses for a portrait outside his cabin Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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Life after Florida Georgia Line: Brian Kelley ready to reintroduce himself with new solo album

Best known as one-half of the country super-duo Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley will release a solo album, Tennessee Truth, on Friday. It is a collection of 12 anthemic, arena-sized country songs ripe for a road trip and tailgate in equal measure.

May 09, 2024
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  • Associated Press
People protest outside the House chamber after legislation passed that would allow some teachers to be armed in schools during a legislative session Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers

Despite calls for gun safety legislation after the Covenant School shooting, Tennessee passed a measure allowing teachers to carry firearms in schools.

May 07, 2024
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  • Blaise Gainey
Country music star Luke Bryan gives a fist bump to Gov. Bill before Lee signed a bill Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's right of publicity law. The new legislation includes AI-specific protections.

March 22, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
Allie Phillips, 28, is running to represent Tennessee's District 75. She also cares for four children at her in-home daycare in Clarksville during the week.

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Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office

Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.

February 07, 2024
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  • Katia Riddle
Richard Briggs has served as Tennessee state senator for District 7, representing part of Knox County, since 2014. In 2019, he helped pass a state trigger bill on abortion that was one of the most austere in the U.S.

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A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He's now trying to loosen it

Republican state Sen. Richard Briggs co-sponsored a Tennessee bill that would codify some of the country's most austere abortion restrictions. He says he never thought it would actually become law.

February 01, 2024
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  • Katia Riddle
An ice fisherman stands on the frozen Molly's Falls Pond in Marshfield, Vt., on Sunday.

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Much of the U.S. is still in the grip of icy weather that is blamed for 72 deaths

The numbing cold is expected to ease in the coming days as water systems in Memphis and other Tennessee cities battle broken pipes that have caused boil-water notices.

January 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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Tennessee homes damaged by apparent tornado as severe storms rake the state

Police and firefighters in Clarksville were responding to multiple reports of damage in the northern part of the city, which is located north of Nashville near the Kentucky state line.

December 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE, is shown outside the station. A Federal Communications Commission judge rejected an effort by the agency to strip the license of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE's owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station.

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  • National

FCC judge rules that Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station can keep its license

Since 2022, WJBE has battled with the FCC over its owner, Joe Armstrong, being able to own a radio station following his conviction in 2016 for making a false statement on his tax return.

September 19, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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