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June 9, 2023

Tennessee

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Attacks, finance issues color GOP US House race in Nashville

August 4, 2022 Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Republican dustup to determine who tries to flip a Democratic congressional seat in Nashville this fall hit its final week, awash in attacks, a candidate’s campaign finance issues and even a lawsuit […]

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Tennessee gov, GOP push more scrutiny of school libraries

February 14, 2022 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention for banning a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Gov. Bill Lee went public with a push for […]

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Tennessee gov allows opt-out of student mask requirements

August 17, 2021 Jonathan Mattise and Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Monday letting parents opt their children out of coronavirus-related mask mandates in K-12 schools, after a few school districts issued mask requirements for students […]

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Records: Tennessee spent $11K on influencers for airfare promo

July 31, 2021 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee paid thousands of dollars for social media influencers to promote a new initiative that uses $2.5 million in taxpayer dollars to offer flight vouchers largely to out-of-state residents. According to documents […]

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Months after Nashville bombing, slow recovery work continues

July 7, 2021 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For a moment, the sight of a few Christmas trees in the back of the bombed-out building took the workers aback. There they were, still standing at the approach of summer, adorned […]

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US vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

June 11, 2021 Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions of doses back to the federal government, even though less than half of their total […]

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Wolfpack, Pirates advance to NCAA baseball regional finals

June 6, 2021 Staff and wire reports

RUSTON, La. — Leadoff hitter Austin Murr went 4 for 5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs and NC State beat No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech 8-3 on Saturday night in the winner’s […]

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Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools

June 3, 2021 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism in public schools, where teachers risk losing valuable state funding if they violate the new measure. […]

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With I-40 bridge closed, backup route gets inspection

May 21, 2021 Adrian Sainz and Andrerw DeMillo, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inspection of the Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas began Tuesday, a week after the span became the states’ primary Mississippi River crossing when a cracked steel beam prompted the […]

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Inspector who failed to catch interstate bridge crack fired

May 20, 2021 Andrew DeMillo and Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An inspector who failed to discover a crack in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the span’s closure has been fired, Arkansas transportation officials said Monday. Arkansas […]

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