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from left: Rep.Ron Gant, assistant majority leader; Rep. William Lamberth, majority leader; Rep. Cameron Sexton, speaker of the House; Rep. Jeremy Faison, Republican House Caucus Leader. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Legislature takes first look at $884M Ford package

By Sam Stockard - October 18, 2021

"Do masks work or don't they? questioned Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, seeking clarification from GOP Rep. Bruce Griffey. Photo: John Partipilo)Rep. Vincent Dixie, photographed in the Cordell Hull Legislative Building in March 2021. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Dixie: Special legislative session should assess West Tennessee infrastructure

By Dulce Torres Guzman - October 18, 2021

Gov. Bill Lee, third from right, with Ford Motor Co. CEO, to his right, and Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Bob Rolfe, to Ford's right, at Monday's announcement of the Ford Blue Oval Campus. (Photo: Gov. Bill Lee official Facebook page)

Union jobs, Ford plant deal hover Legislature’s special session

By Sam Stockard - October 18, 2021

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COVID rates at CoreCivic prisons soar above rates at state-run facilities

BY Kendyl Kearly - October 18, 2021

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Nashville redistricting to change Metro Council, school board districts

BY Holly McCall - October 15, 2021

Exit/In afraid of Mercy Complex fate as funds alone can’t save it

BY Hannah Herner - October 15, 2021

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Memphis civilian law enforcement group upholds police punishment

BY Dulce Torres Guzman - October 15, 2021

Garnering support for COVID-19 special session not a given

BY Sam Stockard - October 14, 2021

Civil rights groups work to prevent further gerrymandering

BY Dulce Torres Guzman - October 14, 2021

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Stockard on the Stump: Lawmakers take bipartisan poke at potential election audit

BY Sam Stockard - October 15, 2021

Editor’s column: Sickening systemic abuse in Rutherford County calls for action

BY Holly McCall - October 12, 2021

Commentary: Tennessee’s legislature needs to do the math on incentives

BY Rev. Matt Steinhauer - October 11, 2021

Stockard on the Stump: UAW official has no doubt Ford plant will be union facility

BY Sam Stockard - October 8, 2021

COVID-19 special session likely to start Oct. 27

BY Sam Stockard - October 6, 2021

National Guard member, victim of COVID, remembered as ‘full of life’

BY Cliff Hightower - October 3, 2021

Memphis jury finds Robinson guilty on four counts

BY Eli Motycka - October 1, 2021

Governor extending mask opt-out order despite three court rulings

BY Sam Stockard - September 30, 2021

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Knoxville City Council elections 2021 feature partisan influences

By Lucas Brooks - October 13, 2021

Tennessee State Capitol (Photograph: John Partipilo)

Griffey labels pro-vaccine legislators as ‘medical Nazis’

By Sam Stockard - October 12, 2021

A large group of people wait in line to early vote at the Howard Building before Polls opened at 8:00am.(Photo: John Partipilo)

Williamson County group clashes with State Election Commission