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What Tennessee Is Choosing: The Records, the Plans and the Powers of the Next Governor

A Degree Can Prepare You for a Job. But Can It Prepare You to Judge What the Job Requires?

Redemption Story of the Week: Ozzy Osbourne — The Prince of Darkness Was Never the Whole Story

If Blackburn Wins, Tennessee May Be Choosing More Than a Governor

The Coalition Each Candidate Needs — and the Voters They Cannot Afford to Lose

Can you spot the unsupported conclusion? A free five-minute exercise

Winning Is One Thing. Could Green or Pinkston Govern a Republican Legislature?

Read something new: a $1.99 thriller, a Bible-study preview, and a sharper way to examine evidence

Who Gets to Choose? Blackburn, Green and Pinkston on Primaries, Redistricting and Political Power

From Addiction and Prison to Recovery, Reentry and Purpose: The Redemption Story of Samantha Acy

Three Promises of Transparent Government. What Would They Actually Reveal?

Ballad Health Is an East Tennessee Governor Question. Here Is What the Candidates Would Do.

Who Controls Tennessee’s Energy Future? TVA, Growth and the Governor’s Actual Power

Redemption Story of the Week: Kevin Costner — From “Hark” to “I Choose to Believe”

Who Controls Tennessee’s Energy Future? TVA, Growth and the Governor’s Actual Power

What if the Person I Tip Got to Choose the Charity?

The AI and Data-Center Election Tennessee Did Not Know It Was Having

Taxes, Wages and the Cost of Government: How the Three Economic Plans Add Up

Marijuana: Tennessee’s Next Governor Will Inherit a Policy Debate the Legislature Has Avoided

The Lottery Ticket Says Education. Where Did Your $20 Really Go?

Redemption Story of the Week: Frankie Muniz — The Life After Malcolm Became the Point

Immigration: Cooperate With Washington, Resist Washington or Draw a Constitutional Line?

What Does ‘Public Safety’ Mean to Each Candidate?

You Called 911. Then the Ambulance Bill Arrived.

Guns: They Agree Violence Is a Problem. Almost Everything After That Is Different.

Health Care: What Would Each Governor Actually Do With TennCare, Rural Hospitals and Tennessee’s Health System?

Abortion, IVF and Contraception: Three Candidates, Three Different Legal Frameworks

Education: Expand School Choice, Reverse It or Draw a New Line?

When Does Love of Country Become an Act of Faith?

IN DEPTH REPORTING: Who Decides When Knox County Commissioners Get a Raise?

TRP INVESTIGATIONS: Knox County Commissioners Got a 6% Raise. How Did That Happen?

EIC Tennessee’s License-Plate Camera Fight Is Scrambling the Usual Political Lines

Tennessee Is Considering Renewing a Bottled-Water Withdrawal Permit on an East Tennessee Trout Stream

They Disagree on Plenty. Here Is Where Blackburn, Green and Pinkston Actually Agree.

Should the Church Involve Itself in State Matters?

Nick McBride’s First 100 Days Start With a Deadline He Didn’t Choose

Cleveland (TN) Is Trying to Turn Project River’s Promises Into Law. The Final Language Comes Friday.

Simon White

Redemption Story: Montell Jordan

The Accountability File: Ethics Questions Investigations and What the Record Actually Establishes

Nearly Two Years After Hurricane Helene, Nancy Tucker Is Coming Home

Farragut Changed Its Emergency Reporting System After a Sewer Spill Killed Thousands of Fish

KPD Says 190 Actionable Child-Exploitation Tips Are Waiting for Assignment. The Oldest Dates to October.

What If Spiritual Transformation Is Supposed to Be Slow?

Bail Reform Explained: Ken Good on Cashless Bail, Ankle Monitors, Risk Assessments and Public Safety

The Tax-Write-Off Myth Is Wrong. So Why Do Companies Ask You to Round Up?

Garrett Holt’s First 100 Days Will Focus on Learning, Infrastructure and Public Health

UT Knoxville Set a 70% Graduation Goal for 2030. It Just Reached 71.4%.

Knox County Approved a Housing Tax Break Its Own Resolution Said Did Not Meet Existing Criteria. The New Mayor Vetoed It.

Redemption Story: Robert Downey Jr. Was Written Off—Then He Became Iron Man

Redemption Story: Brandon Novak

Twenty-Five Years Later, Remember the People — Not Just the Day

Ukraine Needs Ammunition. America’s Nuclear Stockpile Needs Explosives. Both Demands Meet in Kingsport.

Washington Set Out to Protect U.S. Polysilicon. A Tennessee Producer Says the Policy Misses the Target.

Oak Ridge Is Expanding Its Nuclear-Weapons Production Capability While Its Flagship Uranium Plant Runs Years Late

Eastman’s Hearing Is Over. Tennessee’s 10-Year Hazardous-Waste Decision Is Not.

Cychlorphine Is Showing Up in Tennessee. Different Systems Are Counting Different Things.

A Mission Is Not Yours to Own

Nashville’s $772 Million Convention Center Bond Plan Is Mostly Refinancing. Expansion Construction Debt Would Come Later.

TVA Says a Kingston Construction Halt Could Leave More Than $500 Million Unrecoverable.

The Judge Said $200. The Clerk’s Ledger May Say More.

Paul Schmitz, Founder of ShowerUp

The Version of You That Gets There First

Federal Agents Disabled a Chinese Hacking Platform. Tennessee’s Critical-Infrastructure Operators Should Be Checking the Indicators.

Redemption Story: Jeff Henderson Learned How to Cook While the World Thought He Was Finished

D.C. Warned Schools About Parent Access. The Letter Changes Enforcement Priorities — Not FERPA

Tennessee Wants Students to Question AI Starting in Kindergarten. Teachers Still Need the Rules and Training.

Columbia’s $520 Million Water Plan Has Two Major Loans. Ratepayers Still Need the Full Debt Schedule.

The Same Police Car Can Mean Safety to One Person and Fear to Another

Tennessee’s New Vehicle-Registration Rule Applies to First Registrations — Not Renewals. The Hard Cases Are Still Unanswered.

Auphonic Can Clean Up a Podcast in One Pass. It Still Cannot Edit the Story for You.

The Surveillance Economy Doesn’t Look Like Surveillance

Four Lenoir City School Buses Destroyed in Overnight Fire; District Scrambles to Restore Transportation

A Former KPD Officer Was Indicted Over a 2024 Death Scene. The Public Record Leaves an 18-Month Gap

Shelby County Tried Twice to Remove Wanda Halbert. Now Taxpayers Need the Full Legal Bill.

Knox County Banned Fixed Plate Readers. The New Surveillance Ordinance Goes Much Further.

Flock Can Help Solve a Case. That Does Not Prove It Reduces Crime.

A Customs Summons Can Reach a Journalist’s Phone Records Without Prior Judicial Approval. Here Is How.

Tennessee Flagged $54.2 Million in Memphis School Transactions. The 45-Day Audit Clock Came From MSCS — Not the State.

DOJ Reopens a Federal Firearm-Rights Path That Had Been Closed for Decades

An $11.3 Billion Energy Campus Has No Customer Yet. Cleveland Is Being Asked to Zone the Possibility.

Is the National Guard Leaving Memphis? County, State and Federal Accounts Still Do Not Match

Tennessee’s $752 Million Meta Settlement Is Not a Check and Not All of It Is Guaranteed

Monogram Health Will Pay $2.4 Million. The Bigger Story Is How a Diagnosis Becomes Revenue.

Why the Venezuela Oil Deal Will Not Change Tennessee Gas Prices Overnight

Before Red and Blue Meant What They Mean Now

Four Patients Got the Wrong Drug. Tennessee’s Oversight System May Reveal Less Than the Public Expects.

Tennessee Says an I-24 Toll-Lane Deal Is Worth $24.8 Billion. The Public Still Needs the Cash-Flow Schedule.

Follow the Dollar: Why Does It Cost Money to Pay the Government Money?

A “Service Fee” Is a Label. It Does Not Tell You Who Gets the Money.

Before Tennessee Grades Its Schools, Districts Get a Chance to Challenge the Data

Chattanooga Police Drones Can Arrive Before Officers. The Public Rollout Came Months After Operations Began.

Fort Campbell Was Selected for a Contractor-Owned Nuclear Reactor. The Site — and Public Oversight Process — Are Still Taking Shape.

A Fair Ride Passed Inspection. Seven Days Later, Riders Were Hurt.

TVA Says Data Centers Will Pay Their Share. The Public Still Can’t Check the Math.

Blackburn Is Campaigning on Infrastructure. What Does Her Washington Record Show?

Kathy Simmons S2:E17

The Opioid Law Blackburn Helped Pass — and Later Tried to Undo

An Entire Union County Jail Shift Failed to Report. State Standards Require a Backup Plan for a Job Action.

Oklahoma’s Child-Exploitation Sweep Raises a Tennessee Question: What Happens After a CyberTip?

What Makes Democracy Feel Alive Close to Home?

The data center backlash is not just online noise

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

Canada Is Tennessee’s Largest Export Customer. But Which Tennessee Products Are Actually in the Tariff Crosshairs?

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 Forward Party Chair Nick Nugent on Third Parties, Ballot Access and Breaking the Two-Party Grip

Tennessee Is Expanding School Scholarships. Will Taxpayers Be Able to Follow the Money?

Knox County Chose a Republican Mayor and a Democratic School Board. Now They Have to Govern Together.

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

Sevier County’s Top Prosecutor Is Now a Defendant. Who Prosecutes the Prosecutor?

More Than a Halfway House: How FOCUS Helps Women Rebuild After Incarceration

Tennessee Could Host a Federal Nuclear-Energy Campus. What Would “The Full Nuclear Lifecycle” Actually Mean?

Memphis Safe Task Force Promised a Violent-Crime Crackdown. The Records Show a Broader Enforcement Mission.

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.

Does Knoxville Make a Profit?

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

The Smaller the Race, the Greater Your Voice: Katie Growden on Voting, Local Power and Civic Confidence

Green’s organization, Atwater’s advocacy and the rest of the Democratic field: what the candidates are asking voters to see

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

ICYMI

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

From prison to redemption

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.

NATO’s Ankara summit is about more than spending. It is about whether the alliance still trusts itself.

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

From Cartel to Calling

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

Urban voting in Tennessee

The candidate pipeline crisis

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

What three Tennessee counties reveal about how differently local democracy can function inside the same state

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 Bedford and Williamson counties reveal about how local democracy functions differently across Tennessee

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

Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What Tennessee may be underestimating depends on who is answering

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

ROUNDTABLE IS SET!

Not All Support Is Equal: What One Poll Question Suggests Before the Roundtable

Tennessee Governor Candidate Responses: Full Responses to Question 4

When Tennessee governor candidates are asked what voters are still underestimating, they do not point to the same future.

New Opioids Move Unevenly

Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: Qualified immunity reveals how candidates define accountability

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

Tennessee gubernatorial candidates finances, day five: What corporate and business-linked money shows early in the race

Sheriff campaigns . . .

Tennessee gubernatorial candidates finances, day four: What party and committee money shows early in the race

The Woman Teaching Bible Classes in Jail Was Once Robbed at Gunpoint

Tennessee gubernatorial candidates finances, day three: What self-funding reveals about campaign structure

Ohio’s forensic system reflects a larger reality

Tennessee gubernatorial candidates finances, day two: What individual donations reveal about each campaign

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?

4-H still carries a rural image in Tennessee. But the new report shows it is preparing students far beyond agriculture.

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

Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What difficult decision they believe Tennessee cannot avoid

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

Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What they believe Tennessee faces that national politics keeps missing

School Vouchers and the Education Debate

Tennessee governor candidates, side by side: What they believe would most improve public safety statewide

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.

Men of Valor Ministry

Why New Opioids Stay Hidden

Redemption Story: Dewey Burton

Addiction pressure is not limited to large cities.

Redemption Story of the Week: Dewey Burton

New synthetic opioid

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

The Redemption Project

The Other Side of Rock Bottom

Redemption and Tim Tebow

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

Beyond the Revolving Door

Redemption Tuesday: Alice Cooper Terrified Crowds—Until He Was Afraid of Himself

Redemption, Research, and What Actually Works in Prison Reform A Conversation with Dr. Robin LaBarbera

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

Kris Stayed

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

What Redemption Looks Like in Knoxville | Read & Commentary