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Tennessee lawmakers have banned a long list of synthetic dyes in school meals.
Tennessee lawmakers soften measure that sought to keep undocumented students out of school
A new version of the bill would require schools to check students’ immigration status. Opponents say the proposal still poses a threat.
‘There are serious risks of sinkholes.’ Experts remain cautious of the Boring Company’s Nashville project
The Boring Company has officially began drilling a tunnel between downtown and the airport. City officials and residents remain unclear about the potential impact to Nashville’s underground environment, the company’s plans for extreme weather, and the supposed public benefit of the tunnel.
Man charged for 1996 kidnapping, murder of Bowling Green child
Morgan Violi was seven when she was abducted in Bowling Green and later found dead in Tennessee.
Immigrants nationwide say Trump’s ICE jailed them illegally. In Kentucky, federal judges often agree
A nationwide push to get immigrants out of jail is finding success in Kentucky.
Trump’s push for new nuclear weapons begins in Tennessee’s oldest town
The federal government is running out of a key ingredient for nuclear weapons: high-purity depleted uranium. Now they want to manufacture it in rural Tennessee.
More beds, more oversight: Report identifies needs in Tennessee’s juvenile justice system
Does Tennessee have enough bed space for justice-involved youth? That’s the question lawmakers ordered TACIR to study.
Tennessee could lock up foster youth in jail-like facilities under new bill
Research shows it’s best practice to house foster kids with families, but a bill would allow foster kids to be placed in the most secure juvenile facilities.
A Kentucky town bet big on Ford’s EV strategy. Then the battery plant closed
Ford’s EV battery plant was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic.
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