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A new map of the boundaries of Tennessee's nine congressional districts will be unveiled at a House committee hearing on Wednesday.

Roy Acuff’s captivating vocal delivery and electrifying stage presence made him the heart and soul of one of country music’s longest running and most revered institutions, the Grand Ole Opry.

Longtime incumbent Jim Cooper is up against a progressive primary challenger and possible redistricting

Tennessee has been inextricably associated with country music ever since the commercial roots of the genre, but do you remember which country icon actually ran for governor in his home state? Its not terribly unusual for country stars to be involved in local and state politics in Nashville and in Tennessee, but Roy Acuff took it a step further when he announced he would run for governor in 1948 on the Republican ticket. The Maynardville, Tenn., native was one of the biggest stars in country mus...

Democrats fear the GOP-controlled Legislature will redraw U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's Nashville-based district and push him out of Congress.

The Union Flag was a newspaper in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way at the time. April 24, 1890: According to The Comet, “Gov. R.L. Taylor returned last week from Boston and New York where he had been in the interest of East Tennessee. He and C.S. Brice and other millionaires are interested in a scheme that means big things for this section.” April 24, 1898: With a dateline of Johnson City, the Chattanooga Daily Times reported, “The stockholders of the old Johnson City Ice...

Justice Democrats jump into 2022 primaries with Tennessee House race endorsement Justice Democrats, the progressive group that launched Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s historic 2018 campaign, made its first splash of the 2022 midterms on Monday by endorsing Nashville activist Odessa Kelly as she kicked off her Democratic primary challenge to longtime Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper. Kelly is the co-founder and executive director of Stand Up Nashville, a labor-aligned coalition of community groups. ...

Ag Crime Unit Steps Up Citations For Off-Road Users In Areas Of State Forests Thursday, March 11, 2021 Prentice Cooper State Forest hiking trail damaged by off-highway vehicle use in unauthorized area. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) Agricultural Crime Unit (ACU) is teaming up with the Division of Forestry (TDF) to elevate enforcement of state forest regulations. The increased law enforcement activity centers around misuse by off-highway vehicle (OHV) and all-terrain veh...

By Ray Hill As 1945 came to a close, the Second World War had been won by the Allied nations. Adolf Hitler had shot himself in his underground bunker as the Red Army overran his capital of Berlin. Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, had been executed by his own people and strung up by his heels at a filling station, along with the bodies of his mistress and several compatriots where their corpses were abused by angry citizens. The Japanese Empire had crumbled with President Harry Truman’s...

Robby Starbuck—A New Kind of Republican Candidate Commentary “New leadership must be found and, in the tradition of Trump, we should be free to look outside the political class, just as our founders hoped. “In fact, that should be a hallmark of this renewed Republican Party, bringing forth candidates from all contributing walks of American life. “New perspectives will work to the benefit of all. In actuality, conservatives are the more natural innovators—as Trump demonstrated in the M...