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Tennessee State Senator Charlane Oliver (D-Nashville) warned state Republicans on Thursday moments after the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting local governments from inhibiting law enforcement that her Democrat constituents may respond with riots. @FoxNashville posted footage of the Thursday press conference at which Oliver and other Democrat legislators held at the Capitol in which they announced their disapproval of the bill. The legislation easily passed in the State Senate on Thursday in a partisan vote 26 to 6. The previous week, the Tennessee House passed the bill in a partisan 68 to 24 vote. “So yeah, we’re gonna...

federal judge ordered the FBI to provide Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto and other documents for a private review as part of a lawsuit from Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Tennessee Star. "The court's order today is a significant victory for the public’s right to know about the motives of Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who murdered six innocent Nashvillians at the Covenant School on March 27, 2023," Tennessee Star Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy said. Star News sued the FBI in May 2023, claiming the bureau had violated the First Amendment by rejecting multiple Freedom of...

Step Directions ElapsedDistance 1 Begin at 601 Mainstream Dr on Mainstream Dr and go 0.4 miles 0.4 2 Turn right on Great Circle Rd and go 0.4 miles 0.8 3 Bear left and go 70 feet 0.9 4 Turn left on Metrocenter Blvd,TN-12,US-41A and go 0.9 miles 1.7 5 Bear right on ramp to I-65 and go 0.6 miles 2.3 6 Continue on I-40 West Ramp and go 0.6 miles 2.9 7 Continue on I-40 and go 81 miles 84.1 8 Exit I-40 via ramp and go 15 miles 99.4 9 Continue on access road and go 400 feet...

A video of a sermon from 2021 has now gone viral showing the pastor of Mineral Park Baptist church near the Hamilton Bradley County line expressing racially divisive comments during his sermon. Pastor Ronnie James was a featured speaker during The Faith Baptist Camp livestream. The video has now gained over 300 thousand views and local pastors are now calling him out. "We will never heal from stuff like this from this sin until we name it for what it is," said Pastor Samuel Burleson pastor of Covenant Community. Burleson says videos like this aren't uncommon to see in the...

ProPublica recently released the story of a woman who faced a life-threatening pregnancy complication in Tennessee in 2022. The outlet followed Mayron Michelle Hollis and her family for a year, inaccurately claiming that she was denied an abortion, and falsely blaming her long-term struggles on the state’s pro-life law. The Tennessee law Two months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Tennessee enacted a law protecting the majority of preborn children from abortion. That law does allow induced abortion — the direct and intentional killing of preborn children — in situations in which the mother’s life is considered to be...

More Soldiers Volunteer than Expected An unexpectedly high number of soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard will be deploying to Texas to assist the Lone Star State as they continue to battle the Biden regime in their efforts to secure the southern border. As WKRN reported, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and his wife on Saturday flew from John C. Tune Airport to Millington-Memphis Airport, where they met with Maj. Gen. Warner Ross. They then visited soldiers before their deployment at the Millington Tennessee Army National Guard Armory outside Memphis. Back in February, Lee promised to send two waves of Tennessee...

Ally to 45th President Donald Trump, Mark Green, will run for re-election in November ... Green (R-Tenn.) reversed his prior decision to leave Congress after pleas from the 45th president, his predecessor Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and other colleagues who asked him to return. “Mark Green has had lots of options because of his political talents, and the great job he has done as a Congressman, but given the fantastic work he’s doing as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, I hope he runs for Re-Election to the U.S. House of Representatives,” Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday. “If he...

The Republican-led Tennessee House passed a bill that would ban pride flags from being displayed in school classrooms. The House passed the bill in a 70-24 vote on Monday that sent the legislation to the Senate, where a final vote could happen as early as this week. Known as House Bill 1605, it states schools 'shall not display any flag other than the United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag on or in a public school.'

Early voting in Tennessee ends today, Tuesday, February 19, 2024. The polls will be open 9am until 6pm. If you are an American citizen and a Tennessee resident, you may vote today. The date for the Primary Election in Tennessee is Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 8-8pm.

Right now we have an opportunity to push back against ESG and reclaim part of our country from the globalist elites. For the past year, Tennessee has been working hard to limit the power of financial conglomerates like BlackRock to impose ESG standards on businesses statewide, and lawmakers are finally ready to make a big play. The Tennessee state treasurer has made great strides in anti-ESG policy, but as of right now, the changes are at risk of being undone. That's why Tennessee legislators are trying to pass "The Tennessee ESG bill," designed to cement the anti-ESG policy into state...

Early voting in Tennessee for the Primary will end next week. If you are an American citizen and a Tennessee resident, you may vote. The last day will be Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Tomorrow, Saturday, the polling venues will be open 9am-4pm. Monday and Tuesday they will be open 9am-6pm. The Primary date for Tennessee will be Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 8am-8pm

Type One energy has announced its intention to use a retired TVA coal plant site, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the site for a prototype fusion reactor with the hope to eventually commercialize fusion power – and maybe even find a neat way to use old EV batteries to help power the process. The Bull Run Fossil Plant was a coal-powered generation facility first opened in 1967 and shut down on December 1, 2023 – just over two months ago. It was run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the largest public utility in the...

Shocking body camera footage shows the disturbing moment a Tennessee Sheriff's Deputy was shot and killed by a man who refused to get out of his car during a traffic stop.

Members of the so-called neo-Nazi group, known as the “Blood Tribe,” were seen proudly displaying swastika flags during a march in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.The event, which occurred on Saturday, saw these individuals donning red T-shirts emblazoned with ‘Blood Tribe’ on the back, as they paraded through the city’s heart.Videos quickly surfaced on social media platforms, sparking outrage and leading to claims that the marchers were federal agents in disguise.One user said, “Feds are in Nashville today playing dress up Nazi.”The Feds are marching again!This time, calling themselves The Blood Tribe & carrying Nazi flags.Ya ain’t slick, fed bois. Maybe try...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man reportedly shot at two burglars during a Raleigh home invasion Wednesday, killing one. The survivor is being charged. Fernando Diveney, 29, is charged with first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated burglary, and aggravated robbery. His alleged accomplice, Tadarrius Allen, was killed when the resident of the apartment they allegedly broke into opened fire. Wednesday, Memphis Police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex on Cedar Glen in Raleigh. A homeowner told officers he was asleep when he heard glass breaking in one of his bedrooms. Moments later, the suspects, Diveney and Allen, were...

House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) announced he will not be seeking a fourth term in Congress. This decision follows his prominent role in leading the impeachment efforts against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Green released a powerful retirement statement criticizing the Washington elites and explaining his decision to retire from Congress. “At the start of the 118th Congress, I promised my constituents to pass legislation to secure our borders and to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable. Today, with the House having passed H.R. 2 and Secretary Mayorkas impeached, it is time for me to return home....

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The department previously notified Tennessee and the TBI that they violated the ADA by enforcing the state’s aggravated prostitution statute against people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). That letter of findings detailed the minimum remedial measures necessary to address the discrimination. The department’s investigation found that the state and TBI subject people living with HIV to harsher criminal penalties solely because of their HIV status, violating Title II of the ADA. Tennessee’s...

A Tennessee elementary school principal had tears streaming down her face as she was booked for allegedly covering up a student-teacher assault at her school. Fabre Ford, the principal of Southwest Elementary School in Fayette County, Tennessee, was arrested after allegedly withholding information about a fourth-grade student attacking a teacher with a Stanley Cup. According to deputies, fifth-grade social studies teacher Demetrious Bradley was left concussed after the child battered him with the large metal cup. After Ford allegedly blocked an internal school investigation into the attack and told people not to cooperate, she was arrested and charged with tampering...

Happy Valentine Day, Tennessee Residents. If you are an American citizen, you may vote today. Early voting dates in Tennessee for the Primary, 2024: Wednesday, February 14 until Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Monday-Friday 9-6 Saturday 9-4 The Primary date for Tennessee will be Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 8am-8pm

The bill would go into effect immediately after being signed, and it would “BAN Presidential electors from the state of Tennessee from casting a vote for any presidential or vice presidential candidate whose eligibility for office is in question or doubt at the time of the vote, and until such time as the candidate has been properly investigated and cleared of any reasonable doubt.” The bill was introduced by a REPUBLICAN as communist secretaries of state across the country are trying to remove President Trump from the ballot. The bill has already passed in the TN Senate on first consideration,...