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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...

President Obama Arrives in Knoxville

President Barack Obama is in Knoxville to speak at Pellissippi State Community College where he will unveil his new initiative to provide two years of community...

Tennessee Education, Economic Commissioners to be Named

Gov. Bill Haslam says he plans to name new commissioners for economic development and education by the first of the year. The Republican governor, who...

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Elected Chairman of RGA

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has been elected as the next chairman of the Republican Governors Association. The second term governor will take the reins from...

Grant to Help Tennessee Veterans Court Expand Services

A federal grant will help the Tennessee Veterans Treatment Court expand services over the next three years so that it can serve more people...

Haslam Names New General Counsel

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam selected Knoxville attorney Dwight E. Tarwater on Wednesday to be his new general counsel. The 59-year-old replaces Herbert Slatery who left...

Tennessee has Lowest Number of Uninsured in a Decade

A new University of Tennessee report says the number of uninsured people in Tennessee has hit a 10-year low. Media cited the study in reporting...