After emergency gallbladder surgery, a Tennessee woman said she spent months without a permanent mailing address and never got a bill from the hospital. She ended up in court a few years later.
Joe Armstrong, owner of WJBE 99.7 FM, says the FCC is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his conviction for a tax crime — one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that ARC Automotive Inc. of Knoxville recall 67 million inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel.
What's it like to be a Black immigrant or refugee in America? We had a hundred or so conversations with people in Tennessee — one of the Blackest states in the country — to find out.
The 29-year-old's official cause of death was ruled a homicide, according to the report released Thursday by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center.
Thursday on Political Rewind: A new study shows that most respondents feel threatened by potential gun violence. The study comes after mass shootings at a bank in Louisville, Ky., and a Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., and as two Black Tennessee legislators have been reinstated after protesting for gun safety. But first, an update on the planned Atlanta police training center.
On the Wednesday April 12 edition of Georgia Today: Media outlets want the full Trump election interference report released; Cobb's election director is retiring; and could Georgia's legislature expel lawmakers like Tennessee's did?
A pair of Democrats were expelled from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a gun control protest on the House floor. Georgians are questioning if a similar situation is possible in the Peach State.
Tuesday onPolitical Rewind: Rev. Bernice King called for a complete rethinking of the planned police training center. This comes as Mayor Andre Dickens has doubled down on his commitment to build the facility. Meanwhile, Fulton DA Fani Willis says recent attacks by Donald Trump are "ridiculous."
Monday on Political Rewind: A Texas federal court judge has ruled the FDA improperly vetted mifepristone 20 years ago. Plus, the expulsion of two young Black Democrats from the Tennessee Legislature has caused an uproar. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose luxury vacations hosted by a key donor.
It's a rare occurrence, but the expulsion of two Black lawmakers from Tennessee's Republican-led House highlights a new level of "democratic dysfunction," a constitutional law expert tells NPR.
The Republican-led House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for participating in a protest on the floor of the House over gun laws. A motion to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed.
Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.
