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John Partipilo/Tennessee LookoutKey Tennessee lawmakers are taking different views toward Gov. Bill Lee’s desire to expand the state’s new private-school voucher program. -
Caroline Eggers/WPLN NewsHype is increasing around the future of nuclear — and the Tennessee Valley Authority is leaning into it. The utility now has three projects underway to bring nuclear plants online in Tennessee and potentially beyond by the 2030s.
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In an 88-page letter to the EPA, Attorney General Russell Coleman is encouraging the agency to move forward with a proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding. -
Former Tennessee commissioner Matt Van Epps will face off against state Rep. Aftyn Behn in December’s general election. -
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing Roblox, calling the gaming and social media platform the "website of choice for child predators." -
The crime rate on Murray State’s main campus has gone up for the third straight year, according to an annual university safety report released last month. -
Data from the study shows one county jail in Kentucky had contracted with ICE to hold roughly 120 detainees in January. By August, nine county jails held more than 900. -
Brett Hankison was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in the raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment.
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The Hungarian writer, known for his apocalyptic works, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison. -
National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas have been tasked with protecting federal government employees such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and federal property. -
At issue was a suit by Rep. Michael Bost, R-Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be counted for up to 14 days after polls close. -
Israel's cabinet has approved the first stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas — a move aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza and freeing hostages on both sides. -
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. -
Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film directed by Andrew Durham and produced by Sofia Coppola.
