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The Beacon Center of Tennessee is representing the ExoticRidge Crypto Company in a lawsuit accusing Hawkins County government of violating the cryptocurrency miner’s civil rights by passing a sweeping data center ban.
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Tennessee state police are exploring using facial recognition software. The state attorney general supports a lawsuit claiming the same technology illegally violates your privacy.
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As real estate developers continue to buy up swaths of land in Nashville and the surrounding area, portions of Tennessee's 122 Civil War battlefields are being lost in the process.
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Governor Bill Lee says the USDA's Summer EBT food assistance program costs too much to run despite widespread support among local officials and families.
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An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has set in on campuses across Appalachia where at least a dozen faculty and staff at colleges and universities have lost their jobs after sharing negative opinions about the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
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University of Tennessee faculty rallied for free speech, urging Chancellor Donde Plowman to reinstate fired professor Tamar Shirinian amid First Amendment concerns and growing campus unrest.
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Knoxville voters reject Mayor Indya Kincannon’s sales tax hike, keeping the rate at 9.25% and stalling plans for housing and infrastructure projects.
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Thousands in Tennessee lose SNAP benefits amid the federal shutdown, forcing families to rely on food drives and pantries as state leaders debate the use of emergency funds.
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One year after Hurricane Helene dealt billions of dollars' worth of damage to communities in East Tennessee and western North Carolina, local governments are still struggling to pick up the pieces and restore damaged infrastructure.
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After the federal government shutdown cut staffing and services at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, local governments and nonprofits in the region stepped up to foot the bill and keep the park open during the peak fall season.
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UT professor faces termination after Facebook post on Charlie Kirk's death sparks outrage. The controversy adds to a growing trend of faculty discipline in the state over social media comments.
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The tech industry is increasingly eyeing rural communities to warehouse servers for cryptocurrency mining and data storage. In Mountain City, locals banded together to push back.