COLLEGEDALE, Tenn.—Two train employees were injured in Tennessee when a train hit a semi-truck that was sitting on the tracks waiting for a traffic light to change, causing three locomotives and 10 railroad cars to derail. The collision left “a disastrous mess” Tuesday in Collegedale, a suburb of Chattanooga, the Hamilton County Office of Emergency…
Tennessee Officials Demand Biden Administration Reverse Plan to Send ICE Detainees to State
Tennessee’s governor, U.S. senators, and attorney general are all calling on the Biden administration to reverse a reported plan to release Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees into the state. Republican Gov. Bill Lee received notice from the Biden administration on Monday afternoon of the intent to transport “multiple busloads of single adult detainees from…
Short-Barreled Weapons No Longer on Prohibited List in Tennessee
December 19, 2022
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Short-barreled rifles and shotguns (SBR, SBS) are no longer prohibited under Tennessee state law, but that doesn’t mean their owners are in the clear legally. The weapons are still banned by the federal National Firearms Act of 1934. “All Tennessee did was say, ‘We’re not going to regulate [them] anymore,’” John Harris, a Nashville attorney…
Tennessee Children’s Services Struggling to Support Children: Audit
December 16, 2022
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Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services (DCS) put hundreds of children sleeping in state office buildings amid a staffing shortage of nearly 500 case managers and persistent turnover, according to a recently released audit (pdf) from the Tennessee Comptroller’s office. “The Department of Children’s Services is struggling to provide support services to Tennessee’s most vulnerable children…
California Highway Patrol Captain Found Dead Months After Her Husband Was Killed
A California Highway Patrol commander was found dead in Tennessee days after a California man was arrested for her husband’s murder in Kentucky, and she herself was arrested for trespassing, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) confirmed in a statement to The Epoch Times it was investigating the death of…
Tennessee Joins Wave of Statewide TikTok Bans Over Security Concerns
Tennessee is taking steps to ban video-sharing app TikTok from government devices alongside a wave of states banning the app due to growing concerns over cybersecurity. In a statement to WKRN, Gov. Bill Lee’s office said the state “has also taken additional steps to block the access of TikTok” on any personal or state-owned device that…
Georgia Joins Other States in Recent Announcements to Incentivize Electric Vehicle Production
December 9, 2022
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The Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and SK On—a South Korean renewable energy technology firm—will be investing an estimated $4 billion to $5 billion in a northwestern Georgia county to build a battery manufacturing plant for electric vehicles (EV). Gov. Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that HMG and SK On have signed a memorandum of understanding…
Tennessee’s School Voucher Program Wins Latest Court Challenge
Supporters of school choice celebrated when a judicial panel dismissed legal claims from two lawsuits challenging Tennessee’s private school voucher law. The Educational Savings Account Program (ESA) gives families in Shelby and Davidson County school counties the ability to use public funds for private school costs. A three-judge panel ruled on Wednesday that the project…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whiskey Maker Jack Daniel’s Trademark Lawsuit Against Pet Toy Maker
The Supreme Court agreed on Nov. 21 to hear a trademark infringement case brought by Jack Daniel’s against a dog toy maker whose chew toy product resembles a bottle of the Tennessee distiller’s storied whiskey. The novelties company sells a squeaking dog toy labeled “Bad Spaniels” in the shape of a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle,…
Wife of Former US Sen. Lamar Alexander Dies at Age 77
MARYVILLE, Tenn.—Leslee Kathryn Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and a longtime family and children’s health advocate, has died at age 77, her family said Sunday. Known as “Honey,” Alexander was surrounded by her family when she died Saturday at her home outside of the Tennessee city of…
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