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Tennessee will create a public registry of domestic violence offenders. How could it be used?

The registry could have a use other than the one lawmakers discussed – to ensure dangerous people don’t get guns.

Carolina to ‘Cowboy Carter’ and back: A celebration of Black roots music finds a home

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

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Metro Nashville joins lawsuit against federal government again — this time over sudden public health cuts

Metro Nashville and a handful of other local governments are suing the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. The agency cut $11 billion in local public health funding — without warning — earlier this year.

Trump grants TVA ‘exemption’ to air pollution regulations for coal

In late March, the Trump administration made a unique offer to power providers: send an email and get out of having to apply with federal pollution restrictions. The Tennessee Valley Authority quickly signed up.

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Music Citizens Episode 3: The Tuner

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Three years after making camping a felony, Tennessee lawmakers add more homelessness penalties

Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after passing bans on DEI initiatives

Tennessee won’t deny public schooling to students without legal status — for now

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Trump grants TVA ‘exemption’ to air pollution regulations for coal

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Isolated wetlands cover just 1.2% of Tennessee. But destroying them will have extensive impacts.

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Metro Nashville joins lawsuit against federal government again — this time over sudden public health cuts

RFK stumps for overdose prevention in Nashville as Tennessee’s death rate declines

Study: Rural Tennessee hospitals could lose additional labor and delivery wings

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

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Nashville’s new Office of Youth Safety has its first director

Who’s who in the criminal trial of a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime top aide

What is Tren de Aragua’s footprint in the U.S.? Experts say smaller than federal officials say

A bill to change how dangerous people are disarmed in TN is pushed to 2026 after NRA opposition

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