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Knox County Asked Flock for Answers. Now the Contract, 143 Cameras and ARC Are All in Question.
Lauren Pinkston Has No Voting Record. What Should Voters Use Instead?
The Flip-Flop File: When Candidates Change Positions, What Actually Counts?
Follow the Dollar: Grandma Sent $20 to Jail. What Happens to It Next?
When Government Can Buy What It May Need a Warrant to Demand
Understanding Lobbyists: Genevieve Turner on Influence, Advocacy and How Policy Gets Made
Tennessee’s Plate-Reader Network Is Growing One Local Contract at a Time
Tennessee Let School Boards Put the Ten Commandments on the Wall. Five Boards Said Yes.
Vulcan’s Quarry Expansion Could Reshape More Than 60 Acres. It Could Also Reshape Graybeal Road.
The Green Record: What She Has Delivered, What Has Failed and What Local Government Reveals
Before You Argue About Primaries or Ranked-Choice Voting, Understand the System First
What Actually Gets People to Vote?
Knowing How Government Works Is Not the Same as Believing Your Vote Matters
The Blackburn Record: What She Has Accomplished and Where It Gets More . . . Complicated
Tennessee Says This Money Is Still Yours. Then It Deposits It Into the General Fund.
Redemption Story of the Week: Nikki Sixx — The Overdose Wasn’t the Turning Point
Why Do Some Elections Get Voters to Show Up — While Others Barely Register?
Tennessee Does Not Have One Voting Culture. It May Have Three.
What Can Tennessee’s Governor Actually Do? We Tested the Campaign Promises.
Government Surveillance Should Be Public. Your Travel History Should Not Be.
Tennessee Voted. Here Are the Races That Matter Next.
Your Digital Double May Get There Before You Do
Blackburn, Green and Pinkston Offer Three Different Models of Tennessee Government
The Same Voter Can Make Two Very Different Decisions on the Same Ballot
Tennessee’s GOP Supermajority Is Likely to Survive. The More Interesting Question Is What Kind.
Rural Tennessee Does Not Vote Like One Place
Bradshaw and Hagerty Meet Again. The 2020 Results Show How Much Tennessee Would Have to Move.
Tennessee Redrew Memphis. November Will Show What the New 9th District Changed.
Redemption Story: Denzel Washington – The Prophecy Came Before the Platform
Jobs Are the Headline. Blackburn, Green and Pinkston Disagree on What Builds the Economy.
Redistricting Helped Send Andy Ogles to Congress. Four Years Later, a New Map Helped Defeat Him.
Abortion Is a Clear Divide. The Harder Question Is What Each Candidate Would Actually Change.
The Price Tag May Know More About You Than You Know About the Price
Tennessee Is Rethinking School Testing. Which Students Will Actually Take Fewer Tests?
ALPR and Flock Technology Explained: When License Plate Readers Become a Privacy Debate
Alliance Women’s Clinic: Breanna Houston on Faith, Pregnancy Support and a New Lenoir City Mission
The Cameras Were Watching the Public. Then Anyone Online Could Watch Through Them
The Voucher Fight Is Only the Beginning: How Blackburn, Green and Pinkston Compare on Education
Nashville Voted on Four School Board Seats Thursday. By Then, Each Ballot Had One Named Candidate.
Grace Baron on The Sycamore Institute, Tennessee’s Budget and Impartial Policy Research
New Tennessee School Laws Are Taking Effect. What Families Need to Know Before Class Begins
Tennessee Is Expanding School Scholarships. Will Taxpayers Be Able to Follow the Money?
Tennessee’s Execution Protocol Requires Medical Skills. Doctors Say Their Ethics May Forbid Them.
Blackburn Won Tennessee’s GOP Primary. Now Comes the Coalition Test.
Four Weekends of James White Parkway Closures Begin Aug. 7. Here Are the Detours.
You Gave TSA Your Information to Board a Plane. Who Else Can Use It?
One Drug Can Appear in Four Databases and Produce Four Different Counts
Your Police Department Bought the Cameras. Who Else Can Search Them?
Elon Musk Bought the Company Behind Rapid AI Power Deployment. What Could That Mean for Memphis?
When Public View Becomes a Pattern of Life
More Than a Halfway House: How FOCUS Helps Women Rebuild After Incarceration
Why the Electoral College exists — and how Tennessee votes are actually counted
Men of Valor Mash-Up: From Prison to Purpose
Knox County’s Flock Camera Expansion Is Paused. The Bigger Question Is How It Was Approved.
A Tennessee candidate disclosed China-linked investments. Here is what voters should know.
The Drug Was Detected in an Overdose Death. Did It Cause the Death?
Every Search Was Logged. Officers Still Used Plate Readers to Track Romantic Partners
A Poll Is Not a Prediction: Mark Cunningham on Reading the Numbers Without Being Misled
Lithium batteries changed the fire. The insurance system is still catching up.
The gasoline may not come from Iran. The price still can.
Tennessee may gain factories from tariffs. Its existing factories may pay more first.
Tennessee wrote a warning for political deepfakes. It did not build the referee.
Tennessee can use its new congressional map. That does not mean the case is over.
DOJ sought more than reporters’ testimony. It sought family phone records.
Mark David Grasso: Addiction, Prison and the Recovery Work That Finally Broke the Cycle
Tennessee legalizes deer baiting with new license expected to raise millions for wildlife agency
The farmer may never see the ocean. The soybeans might.
Tennessee’s AI council is no longer just studying the future. It is helping build it.
The Drug Was in the Blood. Routine Tests Were Not Built to Find It.
Police Have Always Seen Cars. Flock Lets Them Search Where Those Cars Have Been
When networks would not air Trump live, viewers heard something bigger than one speech
What My Brother’s Suicide Taught Me About How We Treat Trauma
Freedom is not only inherited. Voters decide how much of it government gets to hold.
Breaking Destructive Cycles: How Blue Monarch Rebuilds Mothers, Children and Families
Candidates will bring faith into office. Voters need to know what that means.
Two primaries, one test: do Tennessee voters have enough evidence to choose a governor?
Beyond the horse race: what Tennessee Republican voters are actually choosing
Beyond the ballot: what Tennessee Democratic voters are actually choosing
China, Trump, outsiders and frustration: what the GOP candidates are asking voters to see
Ballot access is not the same as voter information
Campaigns can control their message. Voters can notice when they do.
Green’s money lead and the rest of the Democratic field: how finance is shaping the primary
Blackburn donors, Rose loans and Fritts’ grassroots lane: how money is shaping the GOP race
What the Tennessee GOP governor polls actually say — and what they do not
What the Tennessee Democratic governor poll actually says — and what it does not
Rose and Fritts give voters a side-by-side look at Knoxville gubernatorial forum
Tennessee’s GOP governor primary is no longer just a frontrunner story
Tennessee Democrats have a governor primary. The question is whether voters know it.
Sentenced to 80 years in prison, he is now a CEO
America should not confuse surveillance with security
The ballot is still real. But the conversation is being bought.
Redemption Isn’t Always Rescue—Sometimes It’s Faithfulness
Security ≠ freedom. Safety ≠ privacy.
From Abortion Pain to Healing, Hope and Purpose: The Redemption Story of Breanna Houston
License plates are public. Movement histories are different.
Online predators are meeting children where parents think they are only playing games
Wrong ballots, right count: Louisville election error exposes a quieter threat to voter trust
Before government can buy your location data, private apps have to collect it
Tennessee voters are seeing the ads. National donors are helping pay for them.
ATF canceled Webloc. The data-broker loophole remains.
The Fourth Amendment does not disappear inside Google’s database
NATO’s problem is not only money. It is turning money into defense before the next crisis
As early voting nears, Blackburn faces questions over debates and voter access
When the state cares for children, the category cannot come before the child
Federal complaints seek review of Tennessee DCS treatment of children with disabilities
Nashville data center fight turns on one question: did the permits come before the rules?
Systems Explained: Tennessee’s Fair Rx fight moves from the legislature to federal court
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: The budget passed. Now citizens should follow the money.
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: Workforce, housing and growth show up throughout Tennessee’s budget
East Tennessee’s civic identity
Tennessee’s uneven election infrastructure
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: Public safety spending is broader than policing
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: Rural health is one of the clearest budget items to watch
Tennessee communities hit pause as data center questions reach local government
License plate readers can help police. The question is who governs the data.
Systems Explained: How TDOT’s interstate studies shape Tennessee’s future before roads are built
Secure borders and mercy for sick children are not enemies
Federal license plate reader proposal reopens debate over public safety, privacy and local control
Redemption Isn’t Always Rescue—Sometimes It’s Faithfulness
Data center fights move from Tennessee zoning boards into governor’s race
From Abortion Pain to Healing, Hope and Purpose: The Redemption Story of Breanna Houston
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: budget puts transportation money in several places
How empty ballots train voters not to participate
Supreme Court limits federal gun ban for marijuana users
Duloxetine recall: What patients should check before changing medication
What Old Books Still Teach My Students: Why Democracies Rarely Change All at Once
TRP Prayer Network: Praying for Surgery, Grief and Strength
Social Security is not disappearing, but latest report shows Congress still faces hard choices
From Addiction and Prison to Recovery, Reentry and Purpose: The Redemption Story of Samantha Acy
Senate committee advances bill targeting forced organ harvesting in China
Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District candidates answer the same questions, side by side
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: What the budget record shows on education
Why People Get Frustrated With Government
The Redemption Project Shop Is Live
Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District candidates answer the same questions, side by side
What the Overton poll shows, and what it does not
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: How to Read the Money
What Tennessee’s proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes would actually change
Favorability numbers can hide more than they reveal
A Vote Is More Than Expression
The AI backlash is not just online noise
From 50 Arrests to Helping Others Recover: The Redemption Story of Alan Roberts
Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District applicants answer the same questions, side by side
Primary voters are not the same as general election voters
Voters are not sold on tax dollars for university athletics
Tennessee’s Budget, Explained: What Tennessee’s budget is, and what it is not
Tennessee Governor Survey: What the Willing-Participant Data Shows — and What It Does Not
The real election happens in the primary
Sports betting may be one of the rare issues where voters across party lines share skepticism
What Tennessee’s proposed constitutional amendment on victims’ rights would actually change
Tennessee may not be a “non-voting state”
The military draft question shows the limits of public support for government power
When political violence becomes a trust test
Teachers’ unions are polarizing, but the topline is not what some might expect
Start Here: What Is The Redemption Project?
The 2028 race is already taking shape. That does not make this poll a prediction.
Redemption Story: Chad Roberts Didn’t Inherit a Chance—He Survived One
How to read polls without getting pulled into the spin
Gas prices are not just an economic issue. They are a political signal.
Tennessee U.S. Senate candidates answer the same questions, side by side
How to read attacks, scandals and campaign noise in the Tennessee governor’s race
What Tennessee’s proposed constitutional amendment on bail would actually change
Roundtable results on housing costs, groceries, utilities, insurance and the affordability crisis
The numbers say Tennessee doesn’t vote. The counties tell a more complicated story.
How I’m comparing candidates who have never held the same office
Why Fast Certainty Wins (Even When It Shouldn’t)
How Tennessee voters can escape the echo chamber before they vote
Jessica Martinez Didn’t Quit Drugs Because the Court Made Her
The full Tennessee gubernatorial roundtable is now available
Who Answered the Poll May Matter as Much as What They Said
Rural Development Doesn’t Rank at the Top—But the Full Data Tells a Different Story
Modern campaigns increasingly prefer control over comparison
A candidate can represent your district without living in it. Voters should understand why.
Criminal Justice Is Tested After Release
Candidates answer where Tennessee should draw the line when growth reaches farmland and water
Does Gun Policy Draws the Highest Level of Combined Urgency in Tennessee Survey
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 7
What Does “Security” Actually Mean?
A Pattern Is Emerging: Infrastructure Joins a Growing List of Voter Priorities
Tennessee Gubernatorial Roundtable 2026
What candidates would do for Tennessee counties still being left behind
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 6
Federal marijuana classification changes
Why low-turnout elections do not always mean voters stopped caring
Candidates answer where Tennessee elections should change or stay put
Healthcare Emerges Alongside Education as a “Critical” Issue in Tennessee Survey
What candidates say about PAC money, outside donors and transparency in Tennessee politics
TN Governor race, where does education rank for you?
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 5
Why Comparison Matters More Than Speeches
The next Governor, jobs and the state economy
Not All Support Is Equal: What One Poll Question Suggests Before the Roundtable
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 4
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 3
Why Democracies Rarely Change All at Once
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 2
Police Officers carry the weight of a call, long after it ends
Human trafficking and tattoo studios?
Before Tennessee’s governor candidates sit down, I'm asking readers where they stand
Alabama Watching: What Jefferson County Says About an Emerging Synthetic Opioid
Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: Marijuana policy reveals different governing instincts
Social media as an investigative tool
Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Answers to Six Policy Questions
Tennessee gubernatorial candidates finances, day six: What PAC money shows in early state filings
The Woman Teaching Bible Classes in Jail Was Once Robbed at Gunpoint
Ohio’s forensic system reflects a larger reality
How Europe Spots New Opioids Early
Tennessee gubernatorial candidates, day one: What state filings show before federal money is added
ALL MY ROLE MODELS WENT TO PRISON.
Tennessee Governor Candidate Matrix: What the Field Looks Like in One View
Newer synthetic opioid vs narcan
What seven questions revealed about Tennessee’s governor field
County Commission vs. City Council: Who Controls What?
Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: Why each believes their candidacy matters
Redemption Story of the Week: Steve Smith
Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: The clearest divide yet may be school vouchers
The Question We Rarely Ask After Prison
Police Department vs. Sheriff’s Office: Who Actually Has Authority?
Reader Poll: What's Your Vote? Where Does Tennessee’s Governor Race Stand Right Now?
Large narcotics investigations
School Vouchers and the Education Debate
Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What they say they would do differently than Bill Lee
Food Bank vs. Food Pantry: What Most People Get Wrong
A New Women’s Health Clinic Is Coming to Lenoir City — Here’s What That Means
Cyberbullying and Law Enforcement
Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What they say government should fix first
Should SNAP include sugary food and drinks?
Why Cities Keep Paying for Recidivism They Could Prevent
Arizona’s fentanyl response often gets discussed through enforcement numbers.
Redemption Story: Dewey Burton
Addiction pressure is not limited to large cities.
Redemption Story of the Week: Dewey Burton
Hear From All Knox County Sheriff Candidates
Stories of faith, redemption, community
Redemption Story: Jamie Lee Curtis
Nine Years After a North Georgia Police Shooting
Redemption Story: Dustin Morgan
Redemption Story of the Week: Dustin Morgan
The Redemption of Ulysses S Grant
He Died Twice and Woke Up in Prison
National Redemption Story: Brian “Head” Welch Walked Away at the Peak
“Reentry Starts on Day One” — Jesse Crosson
What Actually Helps People Rebuild Their Lives After Prison
Reentry Starts on Day One (Whether the System Helps or Not)
Redemption Tuesday: The State Forgot to Send Mike Anderson to Prison—So He Built a Life Instead
What Actually Changes Men After Prison
From Privilege to Prison Charges: TK on Addiction, Recovery, and What Actually Saves Lives
What Happens When Privilege Isn’t Enough
Redemption Tuesday: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Was Supposed to Die
Redemption Story: Sean Luttrell
When God Finally Had His Attention
When Ink Becomes Evidence: How Tattoo Studios Can Help Fight Human Trafficking
Redemption Tuesday: Alice Cooper Terrified Crowds—Until He Was Afraid of Himself
She Went Looking for Human Flourishing — and Found It in Prison
Addiction Is Distributed Evenly. Help Is Not. | Commentary on Recovery Gaps in East Tennessee
National Redemption Story: Bryan Coyer
What Super Bowl LX revealed about allegiance in America’s 250th year
Redemption Story: Michael King
What Redemption Looks Like When the Sentence Was Life
What a Tennessee Pardon Really Means — and What It Doesn’t
Redemption Tuesday: Kevin Sorbo Lost His Strength—and Found Something Better
New: What Tennessee’s Immigration Crime Reports Really Say — and What They Don’t Resolve
The Moment the System Cosigned My Addiction
“I Was Looking at 28 Years”: Matt Holder on Addiction, Prison, and the Long Road Back
What Actually Reduces Recidivism—At Scale
The Day Matt Holder Told Himself the Truth
Why Chattanooga’s New Reentry Program Matters for Public Safety
When State Rhetoric Collides With Federal Law Public Safety Suffers
Redemption Tuesday: Kelsey Grammer Laughed While Carrying Grief Few Could Survive
Do you think Kris has changed? Is he still a criminal or is he reformed?
No One Was Coming to Rescue Me — Kevin
What Happens After the Gate Opens
Public Safety Isn’t Just Policing — It’s Second Chance Hiring
What I Learned After Years of Seeing the Same Names Come Across My Desk
Redemption Tuesday: Justin Bieber Survived What Fame Was Doing to Him
The Pardon Didn’t Change Me — Clark
The Pardon Didn’t Change Clark Sheperd’s Life
Inside the Criminal Justice Classroom
“What People Don’t See About Life After Jail in Knoxville” | Article Read + Commentary
New Column: An Overlooked Front in Human Trafficking Prevention
Redemption Tuesday: Nate Bargatze Refused to Become Someone Else
I Stayed Because I Needed the Structure — Kris
Justice, Death Penalty, and the Questions We Avoid Asking
“Mission of Hope at Christmas and Every Other Day” | Article Read + Commentary
Redemption Tuesday: Mike Tyson Didn’t Lose His Mind—He Lost His Identity
I Didn’t Believe I Mattered — Savannah
Welcome to Season 2. Long form redemption stories
Savannah Ford Didn’t Expect to Survive This
You Can’t Remove Incentives and Expect Compliance
Tennessee Is Bringing This Bill Back in 2026.
Dwan has a hot take on what people should think as he comes back to society