NPR and Member stations in Appalachia and the Mid-South have launched a collaboration aimed at strengthening local news coverage and bringing more stories from this region to the rest of the country.
Opposition to hyperscale data centers is stoking bipartisanship in Kentucky, with Republicans and Democrats finding common cause in their resistance to local proposals.
Nashville Democrat challenges sanctions for redistricting protest
A Tennessee senator is threatening legal action after Republican leadership sanctioned her for protesting redistricting.
Incumbent and Trump pick Ogles loses GOP primary for Tennessee District 5
Incumbent Congressman Andy Ogles has lost the GOP primary to Charlie Hatcher, despite the backing of President Donald Trump.
Nashville businessman Copeland to face incumbent Congressman Van Epps in the midterms
Nashville businessman Darden Copeland has won the Democratic primary for Tennessee’s new 7th Congressional District — nearly a year after losing to state Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, in a special congressional primary for the seat.
Trump-backed state Sen. Taylor to face ‘Tennessee Three’ Pearson in redrawn Memphis district
Two state lawmakers will go head-to-head for Memphis’ former congressional district. Tennessee Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, won the GOP primary and could now flip the seat red under the new District 9 map. In the general election, he’ll face state Rep. Justin J. Person, D-Memphis, of the “Tennessee Three.”
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they’ve been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
Tennessee Gov. Lee endorses Hatcher over incumbent Ogles in GOP primary
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is endorsing former state agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher over incumbent Republican Andy Ogles for the new 5th Congressional District.
Traditional Appalachian ballads are reimagined in new audio drama, podcast series
A podcast series takes traditional Appalachian ballads about train wrecks and murder and transforms them into radio plays.
This data center rivals TVA’s largest coal plant for climate pollution
Power plants, an oil refinery and a chemical plant are among Tennessee’s top climate polluters. If Elon Musk’s sprawling xAI data center campus in Memphis were included in that lineup, it would rank second.
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