New TNDP chair Hendrell Remus strikes hopeful tone, emphasizes the long game
Despite taking over the Tennessee Democratic Party at a time when Republicans lay claim to the governor’s office, supermajorities in the General Assembly, both U.S. Senate seats and seven of nine U.S. House seats,...
Column: Legislative Webinar becomes Shadow Government
On Saturday, Knoxville Professional Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists and the League of Women Voters of Knoxville – Knox County collaborated on a “legislative webinar,” coming at the close of the special state...
Commentary: Giving gratitude for the lessons of Trump
On Wednesday, as I joined millions of other Americans who tuned in to watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden, I simultaneously scrolled my social media feeds. Many of my friends and acquaintances expressed...
New guidance from Tennessee officials says hospitals cannot limit vaccines to existing patients
Tennessee hospitals may no longer restrict their still-limited supply of vaccine only to established patients under new guidance issued by the Tennessee Department of Health, Dr. Lisa Piercey, commissioner, said Friday in a briefing...
Power Poll Prediction: Hagerty & Blackburn Will Not Vote to Convict Trump
Our pro-Trump senators in Washington D.C. will not vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his likely impeachment trial, according to the most recent Nashville Power Poll. The margins of this prediction were...
Legislature passes COVID education plan; penalties for Metro Nashville, Shelby on hold
In two and a half days, the Tennessee General Assembly nearly wrapped up a special session on education in a pandemic world, passing a literacy plan and slight pay increases for teachers and school...
Nashville Mayor Cooper says city can handle more vaccine, as President Biden promises to...
Nashville Mayor John Cooper cautioned residents on Thursday that there will not be a sudden surge in COVID-19 vaccine distribution that would allow the city to advance “more rapidly” on its immunization timeline.
Cooper began...
One senator catches COVID-19, another under quarantine in special session
State Sen. Ed Jackson confirmed Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining at his Nashville home while another senator is isolating during a special session of the Legislature designed to reform education...
New conservative group Tennessee Stands takes on government mandates
In the six months since Tennessee Stands launched as a fresh conservative voice railing against pandemic policies — galvanizing resistance to COVID-19 emergency orders by state and local officials — the newly established nonprofit...
Commentary: Pandemic shows it’s time to repeal certificate of need laws
Asher Gross is one of the happiest little girls you will ever meet, despite the daily struggles she faces. A hypoxic brain injury has left her with developmental disabilities, and she suffers from congestive...
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