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State & Local Government

‘Sidelines’ 2024: A year in review

Feature photo by MTSU Story by Bailey Brantingham 2024 has been a nonstop year for the MTSU community. From a snowstorm winter to a Bonnaroo summer to an election fall, "Sidelines" covered...

Are MTSU professors censored by the state?

Feature photo from Sidelines Archives Story by Noah McLane Last week, students received a biennial campus climate survey asking if...

Books dwindle on Rutherford County Schools library shelves as 150 titles flagged for immediate removal

Feature photo by Shauna Reynolds Story by Shauna Reynolds At the Rutherford County School Board meeting Thursday night, most of...

Republican Bryan Terry defeats Democrat Matt Ferry for Tennessee’s 48th House District

Story by Kerstie Wolaver Photos by Sam McIntyre Republican Bryan Terry defeated Democrat Matt Ferry with 65.8 percent of...

Sparks defeats Mata in close race for Tennessee’s 49th District

Story by Hannah Ferreira Feature photo by Vanessa Hamel Republican Mike Sparks defeated Democrat Luis Mata in a race to...

Special Session on Insure Tennessee Underway Today

Lawmakers will convene a special session today to take up Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans. The proposal is...

Haslam’s Insure Tennessee Plan Comes Down to 451-Word Resolution

After months of negotiations and political wrangling, Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 low-income Tennesseans comes down to a...

Tennessee has Right to Cancel Medicaid Expansion

Federal Medicaid officials and the state's attorney general on Tuesday confirmed that Tennessee could end Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to cover 200,000 low-income people...

Tennessee Department of Justice Head to Become First Assistant U.S. Attorney

A new First Assistant U.S. Attorney was named today to take the place of David Rivera, former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of...

Photo Gallery: President Obama announces “America’s College Promise”

President Barack Obama announced a plan during a speech at Pellissippi State Community College on Friday, January 9 to provide free community college to...

President Obama arrives in Knoxville, announces “America’s College Promise”

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville on Friday to announce "America's College Promise," a plan...