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The Tennessee Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the state’s appeal of a Nashville judge’s decision to temporarily bloc...
18/12/2025

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the state’s appeal of a Nashville judge’s decision to temporarily block the Tennessee National Guard’s deployment to Memphis. Oral arguments are set for March 5.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals will hear the state’s appeal of a decision blocking the Tennessee National Guard’s deployment to Memphis.

The City of Martin’s Finance Committee — a group of community members and aldermen responsible for overseeing the taxpay...
18/12/2025

The City of Martin’s Finance Committee — a group of community members and aldermen responsible for overseeing the taxpayer dollars that keep the city running — met Monday for the first time in several months, weeks after former Mayor Randy Brundige and the city's economic development head were indicted for misuse of public funds.

The City of Martin’s Finance Committee met Monday for the first time in several months after former mayor Randy Brundige was indicted.

Historically Black colleges and universities like Tennessee State University have been poorly funded by state government...
18/12/2025

Historically Black colleges and universities like Tennessee State University have been poorly funded by state governments since the Jim Crow era. We attempted to calculate how much TSU has been shorted.

Historically Black colleges and universities like Tennessee State University have been poorly funded by state governments since the Jim Crow era.

A South Korea metals company will invest $6.6 billion to build a minerals refinery on the site of a shuttered mine in Sm...
18/12/2025

A South Korea metals company will invest $6.6 billion to build a minerals refinery on the site of a shuttered mine in Smith County, marking the largest single economic investment in Tennessee history, Gov. Bill Lee announced this week. From .bsky.social.

A South Korea metals company will invest $6.6 billion for a minerals refinery on the site of a shuttered mine in Smith County, Tennessee,

Rep. Harold Love, Jr., a Nashville Democrat, found himself turning to research conducted by his father — the late Rep. H...
17/12/2025

Rep. Harold Love, Jr., a Nashville Democrat, found himself turning to research conducted by his father — the late Rep. Harold Love, Sr. — to find how much money the state owed Tennessee State University. His findings stunned him. Part 3 of The Debt.

This story was produced by the Tennessee Lookout and WPLN News, with support from the Pulitzer Center and the Education Writers Association. In the late 2010s, state Rep. Harold Love, D-Nashville, provided the Tennessee Legislature with proof that the state failed to properly fund Tennessee State Un...

Tennessee lawmakers gave Tennessee State University a vote of confidence Tuesday, just a year after the state’s only his...
17/12/2025

Tennessee lawmakers gave Tennessee State University a vote of confidence Tuesday, just a year after the state’s only historically Black university needed help to pay its bills following decades of underfunding.

Tennessee lawmakers gave Tennessee State University a vote of confidence Tuesday, just a year after the school needed help to pay its bills.

An audit by the Tennessee Comptroller outlines new and persistent failures in caring for abused and neglected children t...
17/12/2025

An audit by the Tennessee Comptroller outlines new and persistent failures in caring for abused and neglected children taken into custody by the Department of Children’s Services, including kids still sleeping on the floors of state office buildings.

An Tennessee Comptroller audit outlines new and persistent failures in caring for abused kids by the Department of Children’s Services.

Tennessee farmers and forest owners who suffered agricultural losses due to Hurricane Helene will receive $38.1 million ...
16/12/2025

Tennessee farmers and forest owners who suffered agricultural losses due to Hurricane Helene will receive $38.1 million in assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The funding will cover infrastructure and timber losses, future economic losses and market losses, the USDA announced on Dec. 12.

Tennessee farmers who suffered losses due to Hurricane Helene will receive $38.1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced it is scrapping plans to manufacture a next-generation electric pickup truck at ...
16/12/2025

On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced it is scrapping plans to manufacture a next-generation electric pickup truck at BlueOval City in West Tennessee, looking instead to gas-powered pickup trucks with more stable paths to profit.

Ford Motor Company is scrapping plans to manufacture a next-generation electric pickup truck at BlueOval City in West Tennessee.

Every generation has fought for Tennessee State University to receive fair funding. The Debt asks the question: What wou...
16/12/2025

Every generation has fought for Tennessee State University to receive fair funding. The Debt asks the question: What would it mean for Tennessee to finally settle its debt with its only public HBCU? By Emily Siner for Tennessee Lookout and WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio with support from the Pulitzer Center and the Education Writers Association.

Long before fights over DEI, a judge told Tennessee State University, a public historically Black college, to lose its Black identity

Columbia’s City Council on Thursday advanced a bill that would raise water rates up to 20% per year over the next five y...
15/12/2025

Columbia’s City Council on Thursday advanced a bill that would raise water rates up to 20% per year over the next five years to fund water infrastructure upgrades that the local utility says are necessary for growth and disaster resilience.

Columbia’s City Council on Thursday advanced a bill that would raise water rates up to 20% per year over the next five years.

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You can count on us for hard-hitting stories and incisive commentary on health care, hospital closures, mental health and addiction treatment, education, criminal justice reform and environmental issues. Our team: Holly McCall, Editor

Holly McCall has been a fixture in Tennessee media and politics for decades. She covered city hall for papers in Columbus, Ohio, and Joplin, Missouri, before returning to Tennessee with the Nashville Business Journal. She has served as political analyst for WZTV Fox 17 and provided communications consulting for political campaigns at all levels, from city council to presidential. Holly brings a deep wealth of knowledge about Tennessee’s political processes and players and likes nothing better than getting into the weeds of how political deals are made.

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