ProPublica journalists Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski spoke to a crowd of MTSU students on Tuesday about their work uncovering Supreme Court justices’ undisclosed ties to billionaires.
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MTSU Recycling and Students for Environmental Action (SEA) push successful initiatives to promote a healthier campus ecosystem together despite insufficient funding leading to functional issues.
Voters took to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots for candidates in local, state and national elections.
Tennessee races include U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and Tennessee State...
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Entering the SportsCom voting location, Shane Reeves, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump supporters lined the street. It was immediately clear that the SportsCom had a higher turnout than...
Poll workers are an essential part of the election and voting process and are often overlooked for how much they do. They work to make sure elections are accessible and fair while also assisting voters of all ages and party affiliations. They set up equipment, verify voter registration, explain the process to voters and count ballots. In the 2020 presidential election, about 159 million people cast ballots.
Noah McLane, Lead news reporter
• November 3, 2024
Tuesday is Election Day, and Rutherford County has three state House District (HD) seats up for grabs: HD13, HD37 and HD49. The current district maps were challenged in court, with the plaintiffs citing racial gerrymandering, but a 2019 Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for judges to block the suits.
Registered voters began to cast votes in Rutherford County on Oct. 16, when early voting began.
Sidelines will track turnout in the county over the course of the early voting period, ending on Oct. 31. We will be looking at the percentage of registered voters that have cast their ballots in the county as a whole as well as comparing turnout between precincts.
One of the most competitive local races in the 2024 election for Tennessee is District 49’s Tennessee State House of Representatives race with candidates Mike Sparks and Luis Mata.
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Noah McLane, Lead news reporter
• October 13, 2024
All charges against one of three men from the MTSU Campus Outreach ministry have been dropped from a 2023 investigation that found the men collaborated to submit a falsified reimbursement receipt to MTSU. The other two men have had most of their charges dropped following a plea deal.
Many MTSU students will place their votes on Nov. 5 at a voting location less than half a mile from campus. For students who live outside of Rutherford County, however, much more planning is involved to vote.
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Early voting begins Oct. 16 and continues until Oct. 31 in Rutherford County. Any Tennessee registered voter can vote early, and it can save people...
