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Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution

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Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee: Report

Tennessee Middle-Class Families Pay the Least in Taxes

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With the recent passage of legislation extending key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the debate over who benefits most from the U.S. tax code has once again come into focus.Tennessee Politics · Tennessee See the Story

Tennessee school won’t accept doctor’s notes for absences

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One Tennessee school district will no longer accept doctors’ notes to excuse an absence despite objections from parents.Tennessee Politics · Tennessee See the Story

Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks

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ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall, at just shy of $8 billion. A CQ Roll Call analysis found that across the seven House spending bills with “community project funding,” Republicans claimed about 62 percent of the total funding, or $4.9 billion. That’s despite Democrats securing…Politics · Chattanooga See the Story

DEI by any other name is still DEI › American Greatness

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When do we say enough is enough? When do we pull the plug on universities accepting federal funding, yet breaking the law? Belmont University, I am looking at…DEI · Nashville Read Article

Tennessee sets US House special election as candidates of both major parties line up

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New Sentencing Dates Set for 5 Former Memphis, Tennessee, Officers in Tyre Nichols Case

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A judge on Thursday scheduled sentencings in December for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols, after the sentencings were delayed when the previous judge in the case surprisingly recused himself. Tyre Nichols · Tennessee See the Story

Tennessee judge gives state leeway on deactivating inmate’s heart-regulating device before execution

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A Tennessee judge ruled on Tuesday that the state can deactivate a death-row inmate’s implanted heart-regulating device at a hospital on the morning of his execution, rather than bringing a doctor or technician into the execution chamber.Tennessee Politics · Tennessee See the Story

Judge sets February trial for man who faces death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage

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Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution

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Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee: Report

Tennessee Middle-Class Families Pay the Least in Taxes

Tennessee school won’t accept doctor’s notes for absences

Republicans, appropriators dominate House earmarks

DEI by any other name is still DEI › American Greatness

Tennessee sets US House special election as candidates of both major parties line up

New Sentencing Dates Set for 5 Former Memphis, Tennessee, Officers in Tyre Nichols Case

Tennessee judge gives state leeway on deactivating inmate’s heart-regulating device before execution

Judge sets February trial for man who faces death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage

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Tennessee Middle-Class Families Pay the Least in Taxes

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Tennessee sets US House special election as candidates of both major parties line up

New Sentencing Dates Set for 5 Former Memphis, Tennessee, Officers in Tyre Nichols Case

Tennessee judge gives state leeway on deactivating inmate’s heart-regulating device before execution

Judge sets February trial for man who faces death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage