Category: Tennessee

Tennessee Considering $900 Million Ford Incentive Package

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee is poised to spend approximately $900 million of its tax revenues on incentives, infrastructure projects and more under an agreement with Ford Motor Co., which has announced plans to build an electric vehicle and battery plant near Memphis. The sweeping spending package must be approved by the Republican-led General Assembly, which began the…


Judge Temporarily Bars US Lab From Placing Unvaccinated Workers on Unpaid Leave

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory’s contracted operator in Tennessee from terminating or placing on unpaid leave its workers who are exempted from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Days after six employees filed a lawsuit against the University of Tennessee-Battelle (UT-Battelle), District Judge Charles Atchley in Knoxville issued a temporary…


Law Firm Representing United Airline Employees Now Challenges Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Vaccine Mandate Policy

The law firm that is representing United Airline plaintiffs is now representing employees at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who were put on unpaid leave after filing for religious exemption. The research laboratory is managed by the University of Tennessee-Battelle (UT-Battelle), a not-for-profit company established to operate the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored center comprised of 5,500…


2nd Driver Killed by Air Bag Inflator From Tennessee’s ARC

DETROIT—A second person has been killed by an exploding air bag inflator made by a Tennessee company that has been under investigation by a federal agency for more than six years without any resolution. On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted recall documents filed by General Motors that revealed the second death, the…


Even in Red Tennessee Election Integrity an Uphill Battle

Commentary You would think Tennessee, one of the reddest of Red States (Trump won in 2020 by roughly two-thirds), would have a government among those most concerned with achieving election integrity into the future. But, I’m sad to say, you would be wrong. How do I know this? On Monday Oct.11, I attended an extended…


Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employee Reports 140 Staff Face Unpaid Leave After Religious Exemption Approval

Despite being approved for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, an employee reported that 140 staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, face unpaid leave beginning Oct. 15. Leon Workman, a Linux systems engineer with ORNL, told The Epoch Times that though he was approved for a religious and medical…


State Senator Acquitted on 15 Charges in Federal Theft Case

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee state senator charged with stealing $600,000 in federal grant money from a health care school she operated has been acquitted on 15 of 20 charges, according to court records. U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman filed the order Sunday after lawyers for Sen. Katrina Robinson filed a motion Friday seeking acquittal on…


Federal Judges Block Tennessee’s School Mask Opt-Out in Two More Counties

Federal judges on Sept. 24 granted injunctions in two more Tennessee counties against the enforcement of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order, which required school districts to allow parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates. The two U.S. District Court judges blocked Lee’s order from being enforced in Knox County, Williamson County,…


Federal Judges Block Tennessee’s School Mask Opt-Out in 2 More Counties

Federal judges granted injunctions on Sept. 24 in two more Tennessee counties against the enforcement of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order requiring that school districts allow parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates. The two U.S. District Court judges blocked Lee’s order from being enforced in Knox and Williamson counties, as…


Suspected Tennessee Grocery Store Mass Shooter Identified

A man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding 14 others at a Kroger grocery store in Tennessee on Thursday was identified by police and reportedly had no history of violence, authorities said on Friday. Police identified the alleged shooter as UK Thang, a 29-year-old man who was a third-party vendor for the supermarket…