There are 7 article(s) tagged State of Tennessee:

• March 2026

  • Memphis gun violence cost more than $1B, data says

    Memphis was responsible for nearly one-third of gun violence’s economic toll on Tennessee in 2023, new data shows.

    By Aarron Fleming March 20, 2026

• November 2025

  • State to appeal National Guard injunction

    A Davidson County chancellor blocked the guard’s deployment in a Monday ruling.

    By Samuel Hardiman November 19, 2025

• October 2025

  • Memphis wasn’t asked to join National Guard lawsuit, Harris says

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and leaders of other groups seeking to stop the National Guard deployment in Memphis say the city was never offered an option to join their lawsuit.

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2025

• August 2025

  • Is Tennessee about to remove its world language graduation requirement?

    When Tennessee State Board of Education Chairman Bob Eby mentioned at a May board meeting that he wanted to launch a study of the state’s language graduation requirement, he kicked off a firestorm of public response.

    By Melissa Brown August 04, 2025

• May 2025

  • Tennessee man is executed for killing his wife and her two sons

    Tennessee has executed Oscar Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett.

    By The Associated Press May 22, 2025

• September 2024

  • Sentencing board formed after Eliza Fletcher’s death begins review

    “Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t see the flaws in the system until something bad happens,” said Vanessa Murtaugh, chair of the new Tennessee Inmate Disciplinary Oversight Board.

    By Julia Baker September 02, 2024

• January 2024

  • Memphis orthopedic business to pay more than $540,000 to resolve TennCare billing claims

    Tri-State Orthopaedics has agreed to pay Tennessee to resolve claims it improperly billed TennCare for the use of compounded steroids at its practices.

    By Aisling Mäki January 26, 2024