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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...

Are Rutherford County’s new house districts fair?

Featured photo from Sidelines Archive by Samantha Hearn Story by Noah McLane Tuesday is Election Day, and Rutherford County has three state House District (HD) seats...

‘One door at a time’: Luis Mata’s young staffers push to flip a Tennessee House seat

Feature photo by Shauna Reynolds Story by Shauna Reynolds On a hot Sunday morning, 44 days before the November election, Tennessee State House candidate Luis Mata...

Murfreesboro residents encouraged to fill out special census form in November

Feature photo by Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane The City of Murfreesboro announced last Monday that it is conducting a special census through February in...

Preparing to vote in a supermajority state: MTSU student reflects

Feature photo by Hannah Ferreira Story by Hannah Ferreira For the past decade or so, Tennessee consistently scraped the bottom of the barrel when it came...

Charlie Baum vs. Cheri Brown: MTSU’s State House district candidates discuss charter schools, cost of living and more

Feature photo by Siri Reynolds Story by Siri Reynolds Many MTSU students will soon choose between Charlie Baum and Cheri Brown on the ballot to represent...

Mike Sparks vs. Luis Mata: Rutherford County’s most competitive race

Feature photo courtesy of Sidelines Archive Story by Jackson Thomas One of the most competitive local races in the 2024 election for Tennessee is District 49’s...