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SCOTUS ruling could reduce sentences for two Jan. 6 defendants with Tennessee ties
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of some Jan. 6 rioters will shorten the prison sentences for at least two people arrested in Tennessee, their attorneys said after the decision was handed down Friday. Voting 6-3, the nation's highest court ruled in Fischer v. United States that federal prosecutors had applied an obstruction statute too broadly in the case of a Pennsylvania police officer who entered the U.S. Capitol and assaulted a federal officer during the...
1st Quarter TN Housing Report
Murfreesboro, TN - Middle Tennessee State University’s latest “Housing Tennessee” report shows annual improvements in home prices, single-family permits and other areas bolstered by a growing workforce, but also showed areas of mixed results such as multifamily permit decreases. “Tennessee's housing market presented a mixed landscape for...
Tennessee school safety laws begin July 1
(The Center Square) – Tennessee is set to begin new laws protecting the salary of school employees who are assaulted, allowing local law enforcement departments to assign school resource officers and enhancing the penalty for making a threat of mass violence at a school starting July 1. A series of school law changes passed by the Tennessee General Assembly go into effect at the start of the new fiscal year. ...
A revolving door in our local jails
Good morning! Welcome to Your Week, our subscriber-exclusive newsletter where each Sunday we feature some of our best stories about Nashville and beyond. I am politics and investigations editor Duane Gang. Tennessee lawmakers this year passed a new law in honor of slain Belmont University student Jillian Ludwig. In November,...
TN Politics: Brent Taylor's Hotline Is "Unusual" Level of Petty, says Sanford
Tennessee's Republican lawmakers have a supermajority in the legislature, making it relatively easy to expel elected Democrats from office. So far, the tactic has been used twice — to remove state Representatives Justin Pearson of Memphis and Justin Jones of Nashville after their protest on the House floor regarding gun laws.
Tennessee summer: What are the hottest recorded temperatures in major cities?
Every day it feels like it's getting hotter and hotter as the summer passes, but Tennessee hasn't seen its hottest summer in a while. According to data from the National Weather Service, Tennessee's major cities haven't hit any of their record numbers over the past 100 years. Across the state, some of the hottest years include 1952, 1980 and 2012.
Justin Timberlake sells Tennessee estate amid legal troubles
The “Mirrors” musician let go of the lush parcel of land just weeks before his DWI detention on June 18. Justin Timberlake has officially parted ways with a significant piece of Tennessee real estate. The “Mirrors” singer, 43, sold a sprawling 127-acre plot in Franklin, Tenn., for $8 million.
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