1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1077+ words) Tennessee Senate District 7 stretches across much of Knoxville from downtown to Farragut. It includes parts of downtown Knoxville, Fountain City and west Knoxville, along with the Farragut community. Occupation: Stay at home dad, former plumber and kitchen manager I would…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1254+ words) Tennessee House District 14 includes west and southwest Knox County including Farragut, Northshore and nearby neighborhoods. In the Aug. 6 primary election, voters will nominate one Democratic candidate and one Republican candidate. The winner will move onto the general election. Second, I…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1834+ words) Tersely licking bright blue ice cream from a waffle cone, Rhiannon Hogan excorciated Tennessee's new congressional district maps in an aisle at Overholt's Farm Market, an Amish-Mennonite grocery in Humphreys County. “I’m not happy about it,” Hogan said. “It doesn’t…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (113+ words) A three-judge panel rejected the NAACP's case against Tennessee's new congressional maps in another victory for redistricting proponents. Judges uphold Tennessee's new congressional maps in NAACP challenge Tennessee’s new congressional maps yet again evaded a legal hurdle before the August…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (173+ words) Pharmacy giant CVS is suing Tennessee seeking to block a new law that bars pharmacy benefits managers from managing pharmacies they own. CVS sues Tennessee after Gov. Bill Lee signs Fair RX Act Proponents say law will prevent PBMs from…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1188+ words) President Donald Trump said Gov. Bill Lee has promised he will work to redraw Tennessee’s congressional map to crack the Democratic stronghold of Memphis and create another Republican congressional seat, but Lee was noncommittal when asked whether he’d actually made…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (95+ words) U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for the legislature to reconvene and redraw the congressional map to eliminate Tennessee's one Democratic district. After Supreme Court ruling, Blackburn, GOP allies push Tennessee map redraw Blackburn's call came after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (144+ words) U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine said conflict is no longer confined to battlefields. Blackburn says Tennessee’s growth carries national security stakes U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (148+ words) House Republicans voted to require driver's tests to be administered in English and to require proof of citizenship for vehicle registration. Tennessee House votes to require driver's tests in English only Tennessee's business community has opposed the effort to require…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (11+ words) The Tennessean...