Tue
Mar 4 2025
09:29 am
By: Mark Harmon
If you can get past the paywall, check out my guest column in the KNS.
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Discussing:
- Trump Admin wants rid of DEI bike lanes (1 reply)
- New COVID-19 wave, vaccine available soon (2 replies)
- Mark Harmon journalism award (1 reply)
- Senior's fishing, hunting, sportsman license fees increase more than others (2 replies)
- Dolly Parton - we miss you already (1 reply)
- NW Indiana residents on 10th day without power (1 reply)
- Only Republicans moving to Florida? (1 reply)
- ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bulls-- (1 reply)
- SoKno what have you done? (2 replies)
- Vote! Thursday is election day. (4 replies)
- The Odyssey (3 replies)
- AI backlash - Justin Pearson (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- View from the Overlook (Whitescreek Journal)
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
TN Politics
- Judge criticizes Trump pressure on prosecutors on reflecting pool vandalism charges (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Towns’ departure opens seat for Shelby Dems appointment (TN Lookout)
- Immigrant advocates highlight Tennessee role in Trump administration’s mass deportation plans (TN Lookout)
- US Supreme Court again urged to permit Trump vote-by-mail restrictions (TN Lookout)
- Defense contractor to lay off 127 workers in Hardeman County (TN Lookout)
- Election experts see few legal options for Trump to meddle with polling places (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Saturday Catch-Up: 6 stories worth another look (Knox TN Today)
- Ex-Vol helps Colorado defeat Georgia Tech (Knox TN Today)
- Get first look at Lady Vols softball at fall ball (Knox TN Today)
- Pick the score and win dinner at Aubrey’s with the KnoxTNToday Game Ball (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | Sept. 4-6 (Knox TN Today)
- Mountaineer Folk Festival + Master Gardeners + Music in the Grove ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home: I found a Knoxville treasure hiding in plain sight (Knox TN Today)
- Thanks, Dolly (Knox TN Today)
- Albino alligator arrives in time for BOO! at the Zoo’s return to Zoo Knoxville (Knox TN Today)
- Labor Day honors more than work. It honors the people who keep a community moving (Knox TN Today)
- Food City Pharmacy offers seasonal flu vaccine (Knox TN Today)
- Dining Duo says to try Scott’s Place (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Missing 78-year-old man last seen at Knoxville Walmart (WATE)
- New mural honors UT Flagship Scholarship program at Central High School (WATE)
- Friday Frenzy Live Week 3: Watch high school football from around East Tennessee (WATE)
- Woman with knife taken into custody after barricading herself in her car (WATE)
- Knox County takes first step toward building regional agricultural center (WATE)
- Patients in East Tennessee face potential exposure in LHC Group data breach (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Volkswagen ‘very committed’ to Chattanooga amid 100K job cuts - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Mocs set for home opener vs. nationally ranked Tennessee Tech - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Vols awaiting ‘cool and calm’ Brandon in his first start - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Tyner’s Dion Edwards does it all as Rams pull away to beat Red Bank - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- After a mistrial, what’s next in the Lindsay Clancy case? - The Washington Post (US News)
- In boost to GOP, Supreme Court says parties should get lower TV ad rates - The Washington Post (US News)
- Newly released Fetterman texts show a reluctance to perform constituent duties - cbsnews.com (US News)
- Unruly passenger arrested after being restrained with duct tape during flight - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (Business)
- ICE officer charged in Minnesota shooting released on bond - AP News (US News)
- Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview - Politico (US News)
- Vance says Trump, US military have prevented ‘energy crisis’ during Iran war - Fox News (Business)
- How Gloria Steinem’s lifechanging stay in India shaped her approach to feminism - The Guardian (US News)
- ‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iran - Al Jazeera (US News)
- Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots - The New York Times (US News)
- A costly summer sendoff approaches - Axios (Business)
- Stocks fall after a surprisingly strong jobs report raises prospects of an interest rate hike - AP News (Business)
- Micron: AI Fatigue Into A Big Day (NASDAQ:MU) - Seeking Alpha (Business)
- Trump threatens to stop trading with countries that have a trade deficit unless the Fed cuts rates - Yahoo Finance (Business)
- Fear and compromise: How Volkswagen struck a deal over historic job cuts - Reuters (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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