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President Donald Trump approves major disaster declaration for Tennessee following April storms
The Tennessean
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FEMA has approved disaster assistance for several Middle Tennessee counties impacted by severe weather activity in April 2025. Federal aid covers temporary housing grants, home repair assistance, low-interest loans for uninsured losses, and other...
4 political parties lose recognition in NC as Green Party is recognized
Carolina Journal
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June 20, 2025
After much debate at their meeting on Thursday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 3-2 along party lines to recognize the Green Party as a political party in the state. Republican members Chairman Francis De Luca, Stacy...
Supreme Court revives Jim Crow logic in Tennessee anti-trans case
People's World
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June 20, 2025
Transgender rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court. | Jose Luis Magana / AP In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s blatantly discriminatory ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people in the case of...
Robbers target unsuspecting bank customers in violent and growing crime wave
Fox News
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Fox News’ Steve Harrigan reports on the soon-to-be felony known as ‘jugging’ as the robbery tactic spreads across Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As surveillance footage of an increasingly popular...
‘This is not about politics’: Local TN advocates fear ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will negatively impact communities
WSMV 4 - Tennessee
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June 20, 2025
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - On Friday, local advocates joined the Upper Cumberland NAACP in Cookeville for a press conference about the potential harmful impacts the 2025 Federal Reconciliation Bill, also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” could...
Mailbag: The SEC and Big Ten breakaway (bluff?), CFP committee distrust, Pac-12 media rights, Memphis and UNLV and loads more
East Bay Times - California
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June 20, 2025
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Man armed with taser and rope charged in attempted kidnapping of Memphis mayor
WZTV - Tennessee
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted kidnapping after allegedly trying to confront Memphis Mayor Paul Young at his home while armed with a Taser, rope, gloves, and duct tape, according to police. Memphis police...
Cold case investigation into Civil Rights Era bombings in Nashville uncovers potential lead, more roadblocks
WSMV 4 - Tennessee
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June 20, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Metro Nashville Police Department released the findings of its cold case investigation into three Nashville civil rights bombings on Friday. All information contained in this article is from MNPD’s report of the...
Kacey Musgraves cancels Nashville show after breaking rib in ‘extremely hard fall’
The Independent
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June 20, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Newly Weds Foods Plans Dyersburg, Tennessee, Production Operations
Area Development
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June 20, 2025
Related Research Food ingredient manufacturer Newly Weds Food plans to establish production operations in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The $30 million project is expected to create 50 jobs. The investment will include the acquisition of the Develey...
A man is charged with attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young
WSIU - Illinois
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June 20, 2025
A man who appeared at the door of Memphis Mayor Paul Young's home on Sunday night did so with the intent to kidnap the city's leader, according to the Memphis Police Department. Trenton Abston, 25, is now facing multiple criminal charges. The...
Veteran bluesman 'Daddy' Mack Orr, beloved figure in Memphis music scene, has died at 80
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tennessee
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Blues musician “Daddy” Mack Orr died at 80 years old on June 16. Orr began his music career in his 40s and became a prominent figure in the Memphis blues scene. Orr's services will be held June 28 at Beulah M.B. Church in Como, Mississippi....
Man arrested, accused of attempting to kidnap Memphis, Tenn. mayor
Global News
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June 20, 2025
A Memphis man has been arrested after he allegedly sought to kidnap the city’s mayor. The man went to the elected official’s family home and was later found with a taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle, according to police. Memphis...
Ken Yager - The Court Got It Right: Defending Tennessee’s Law to Protect Minors
The Mountain Press - Tennessee
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June 20, 2025
In 2023, Tennessee passed Senate Bill 1 to protect children from irreversible, life-altering medical procedures being performed under the banner of “gender-affirming care.” This law prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and...
Serving up BBQ & No. 1 Hits: Riley Green Is Making a Finger-Licking Good Expansion to His Nashville Bar
American Songwriter
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June 20, 2025
When traveling to Nashville, there are more than enough historic places for country music fans to visit. There is the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Parthenon. But outside of the history of Nashville,...
Former Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley dies of suspected heart attack
Newsday - New York
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former state Sen. Frank Niceley, a farmer and longtime conservative lawmaker known for his colorful comments on Tennessee's Capitol Hill, died Thursday. He was 78. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey confirmed that Niceley was...
Hines Launches Leasing at 300-Unit Rowley Apartment Complex in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
REBusinessOnline
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June 20, 2025
9MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Houston-based Hines has launched leasing for The Rowley, a 300-unit apartment complex located within the Clari Park mixed-use development in Murfreesboro. The development offers a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom...
Tennessee lawmakers pass laws protecting consumers, workers
Columbia Daily Herald - Tennessee
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Tennessee's 114th General Assembly passed legislation regulating vape products, increasing the ID check age to 50. Stricter regulations on hemp-derived products were implemented, transferring oversight to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The...
Alleged trespasser at Memphis mayor’s home charged with attempted kidnapping 2 hours
KNEB 960 AM - Nebraska
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June 20, 2025
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A man accused of trespassing at the home of the Memphis, Tennessee, mayor has been charged with attempted kidnapping and stalking, according to police, who said the suspect had a Taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle...
Tennessee unemployment rate holds steady at 3.5%
The Center Square
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June 20, 2025
(The Center Square) – Tennessee's unemployment rate for May is 3.5%, the same as in April, state officials said. The rate a year ago was 3.2%, according to a report from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The national...