Tennessee

Member of ‘Tennessee Three’ makes move toward 2024 Senate bid

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

Johnson was the lone Democratic member of the so-called "Tennessee Three" to narrowly survive a Republican-led expulsion effort earlier this year. Yet, even with the national spotlight, Johnson is expected to face an uphill battle against Blackburn.

News Wrap: Trump enters plea on additional charges in classified documents case

In our news wrap Friday, former President Trump entered another not-guilty plea, this time to a revised indictment in the classified documents case, a court in Russia sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 more years in prison and the…

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Both expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats after special election

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The young Black lawmakers had been reinstated by local officials after being booted from the GOP-dominated Statehouse, but only on an interim basis.

How Jason Aldean’s controversial hit song became a cultural flashpoint

By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas

One of the most popular country music hits of the summer is Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town." But the song has ignited controversy and faced backlash from fans who say the lyrics encourage racism and violence. The…

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Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general

By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

The lawsuit says Vanderbilt knows state leaders are hostile towards transgender rights, but didn't try to remove their personally identifying information.

DeSantis unhurt in a car accident in Tennessee while traveling to presidential campaign events

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

DeSantis was uninjured while traveling Tuesday to a campaign stop for his 2024 presidential bid. The chain reaction crash happened on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga.

CMT pulls Jason Aldean music video that was filmed at a lynching site

By Maria Sherman, Associated Press

In the video, Aldean performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee -- the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old Black teenager named Henry Choate.

Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program

By Associated Press

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges

By Bruce Schreiner, Dylan Lovan, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

How a 950-mile bike ride is helping Cherokee youth reclaim their history

By Adam Kemp, Gabrielle Hays, Hannah Grabenstein

For the 15th straight year Cherokee youth are retracing the Trail of Tears on bikes in hopes of achieving a deeper understanding of their homeland and the forced removal that took it away.