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How Trump’s visa crackdown could still impact Tennessee, despite new exceptions

By Rose Gilbert

October 22, 2025

When news broke last month of a new, $100,000-dollar price tag for H-1B visa applications, Nashville immigration attorney Doug Russo was just about to head home for the weekend. Instead, he read the proclamation carefully and started reaching out to his clients to update them.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Amazon, Donald Trump, Immigration, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oracle, Rose Immigration Law Firm, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

TN Governor Prepares For ‘Battle’ With Right And Left Over Common Core

By Blake Farmer

September 17, 2013

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam finds himself in a political crossfire over Common Core. He says this week’s legislative hearing on the new education standards will show both liberals and conservatives are upset, for their own reasons. 

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Haslam, Common Core, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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