A large building for manufacturing sits in a grassy field.

Ford changed direction on plans for its West Tennessee plant. What happens now?

By - February 18, 2026

Tennessee bill expands attorney general rights to appeal case rulings

By - February 19, 2026

William Rogers speaks about his experience at the facility. Rogers wore a graphic shirt with images of injuries sustained by corrections officers while employed by CoreCivic. (Natasha Torkzaban for Kansas Reflector)

Looking into one of ICE’s biggest contractors: CoreCivic

By - February 19, 2026

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A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon

BY and - February 18, 2026

Hundreds pack Wilson County meeting to speak out against ICE detention facility

BY - February 18, 2026

Tennessee House panels expedite immigration bills

BY - February 18, 2026

Federal judge rules ICE can’t take Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into custody

BY - February 18, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon

BY - February 17, 2026

Federal judge denies injunction, leaving TN blocking up-close recording of police activity in place

BY - February 17, 2026

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John Cole’s Tennessee: The one commandment

BY - February 18, 2026

Knox County mixes religion and immigration

BY - February 17, 2026

The State of the City and the politics of interruption in Memphis

BY - February 12, 2026

Tennessee’s immigration policy is shifting without a clear public debate

BY - February 11, 2026

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Knoxville attorney withdraws from Appeals Court quest amid partisan politics

BY - February 12, 2026

Tennessee bill creating immigration crime clears first hurdle

BY - February 12, 2026

No decision yet on FEMA assistance for individuals after Tennessee storm

BY - February 9, 2026

Tennessee Republicans vote down resolution to honor Renee Good

BY - February 5, 2026

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Investigation: Advance Financial

How a powerful payday lending company worked with state lawmakers to entrap Tennesseans in debt.

 

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A vacant warehouse in Kansas City, Mo., was among a growing number of properties across the country planned for conversion into a federal immigration detention center. After weeks of public pressure, the private developer that owns the property announced last week it would not transfer the property to the federal government. (Photo by Kevin Hardy/Stateline)

Communities fight ICE detention centers, but have few tools to stop them

BY - February 17, 2026

A state inspector photographed ponded water covered in algae blooms at the Ridgewater wastewater treatment site in Mount Juliet, Tenn. on Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation)

Senate advances bill seeking greater accountability for failing wastewater systems

BY - February 17, 2026

Election 2026: The Tennessee House and Senate races potentially in play

BY - February 17, 2026

Tristan Wright, founder and president of Lost Boy Cider, stands near his production line on Feb. 6, 2026, in Alexandria, Virginia. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

Small business owners squeezed by Trump tariffs await Supreme Court decision

BY - February 16, 2026

Ten Commandments could go up in Tennessee public schools

BY - February 16, 2026

‘A different set of rules’: Thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouts clean air rules

BY - February 16, 2026

Construction workers install finishing touches at a Scout Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Blythewood, S.C., in February. Health care and construction hiring helped boost January jobs, but downward revisions for the whole of 2025 marked the lowest increase in U.S. jobs outside a recession since 2003. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)

Jobs report shows a historic stall in hiring last year

BY - February 14, 2026

A van is parked next to rows of wire outside a prison.

ICE to open second Tennessee immigrant detention center in Lebanon

BY - February 13, 2026

A security officer stands outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters during a protest on Feb. 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Department of Homeland Security enters shutdown, amid dispute over funding

BY - February 13, 2026

Marathon Petroleum Company’s Salt Lake City Refinery in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)

Trump administration completes rollback of Obama-era greenhouse gas regulations

BY - February 13, 2026

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

Department of Homeland Security shutdown nears, as US Senate remains stuck on funding

BY and - February 13, 2026

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Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee AG short on solutions for transfer portal

BY - February 13, 2026

An official-looking building with columns and a sign in front saying "Tennessee Supreme Court."

Tennessee Supreme Court hears arguments in Legislature’s laws targeting Nashville

BY and - February 13, 2026

A growing memorial stands Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 where Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents days before at Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street in Minneapolis. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

US senators denounce immigration agents’ use of force in deadly Minneapolis shootings

BY - February 12, 2026

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