Over the protests of a crowd, the Washington County Commissioner approved the expansion of a depleted uranium site in Jonesborough. The rezoning is part of BWXT Technologies' expansion plan to fulfill a billion contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

Today's challenge is finding photos of depleted uranium minds. Y'all got any?

Because what doctor doesn't spend years in school and go into hundreds of thousands of dollars of education debt if not to twirl their handlebar mustaches: "Hmm. Who can I coerce into changing their gender today?"

"In another two months, three months, I think … you’re going to be an almost crime-free city,” President Donald Trump said in Memphis on Monday, celebrating a year-over-year 43% crime reduction, which he attributed to the Memphis Safe Task Force.

The Tennessee Senate passed legislation Monday sponsored by Republican Sen. Adam Lowe that allows patients to sue their doctor for "coercing" them into seeking gender reassignment some 30 years after treatment.

Here's yer palate cleanser for today: @tennesseelookout.com photojournalist supreme John Partipilo in the thick of the Trump visit to Memphis, looking happy as a dang clam cause he hates to miss any big event.

Under a bill in the Tennessee general assembly, private property owners would gain the right to get money back from the government if land use regulations create a dip in property value.

Call out rates were over 20% at a handful of major airports, according to DHS-- 42.3% in New Orleans 41.5% in Atlanta 39.1% in Houston 38.1% in Baltimore 37.4% at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport 24.7% in Pittsburgh 24.2% in Philadelphia www.newsfromthestates.com/article/airp...

President Donald Trump and multiple members of his administration gathered in Memphis on Monday to praise the efforts of the federal agents and National Guard members who have patrolled the city’s streets on Trump’s orders since September. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.

Pour one out for @cstephenson.bsky.social and photojournalist John Partipilo for their long day covering President Donald Trump in Memphis. Trump said the Memphis Safe Task Force is a model for the nation and praised Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and House Speaker Cameron Sexton.

There were some gloriously innocent aspects to Tennessee in the 1980s. Not all was peachy: Democrats were implicated in an FBI investigation called "Operation Rocky Top." But we also had state officials who worked to get the 1982 World's Fair and this happy event, which Jim O'Hara writes about.

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that would entitle property owners to compensation if new land use regulations reduce property value. via @tennesseelookout.com

Sweet 16 mixes some surprise teams with chalk favorites. Here's 16 numbers to know about next round apnews.com/article/ncaa...

In 1988, when I was 24, a prominent Democratic man in Nashville said to me: "Holly, you're pretty but you aren't very smart." In 2014, he asked me to run for chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, and I reminded him of his earlier comment.

The purpose of widespread ICE deployment is to communicate to Americans that nowhere is safe from the dictator. Everywhere we go, whatever we do, there is someone and something watching and the implicit threat of violence. America is already militarized, but it will become increasingly so.

Commentary: A yearlong event conceived by Gov. Lamar Alexander gave Tennesseans an opportunity to celebrate each other in 1986. It’s hard to imagine today’s state leaders doing such a thing. From columnist Jim O'Hara.

The U.S. Senate voted Sunday to advance Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mullin will take over a department that has been shut down since Feb. 14 amid a stalemate over changes to immigration enforcement policy.

Trump: "I love Elvis. I never met Elvis. Sometimes I feel I should tell a little fib, say 'I knew him well.'"

CVS is spending millions on ads to influence Tennessee legislation. A Democratic lawmaker is asking the state attorney general to investigate the pharmacy chain for potential deceptive practices. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social reports.

State Department issues "Worldwide Caution" memo to all Americans abroad as a result of Trump's war

Yes, Lamar Alexander’s Homecoming ’86 was a gimmick. And, yes, it was political at the end of the day, but it was a politics of finding common ground. We are no longer in that Tennessee. --- @tennesseelookout.com

Nashville Democratic Rep. Aftyn Behn has asked Tennessee’s Attorney General to investigate CVS over potentially deceptive advertisements related to the company’s marketing campaign against legislation that could force it to decouple its pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager companies in the state

Legislation would entitle property owners to compensation if new land use regulations reduce property value. Critics say this would erode communities’ ability to control growth. From @cstephenson.bsky.social.

Unless you are a UT alum, you can't appreciate the joy experienced when Pride of the Southland cranks up Rocky Top. If I make it to heaven, I expect a band of angels will play Rocky Top as I enter.

Sometimes I marvel at how we found the unique combination of stupidity and corruption to run our country.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violate the First Amendment and issued an order tossing parts of the department’s policy, handing a victory to The New York Times, (cont) 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...

Cc: @angrygransaralee.bsky.social #AngryGrandmother

BREAKING The Trump DoD’s policies that exiled the Pentagon pool violated the 1st and 5th Amendments, a federal judge ruled. Speaking of a free press, the judge wrote: “That principle has preserved the nation’s security for almost 250 years. It must not be abandoned now.” Ruling buff.ly/HiQDDvL

authoritarian bullies it just signals that the pressure is working and invites more of it. A free press isn’t something you negotiate away piece by piece hoping they’ll leave you alone. By the time you figure that out, there’s nothing left to protect. Americans don’t like state-run media!

CBS News Radio is shutting down and all its anchors are being let go. This is what happens when a news organization spends years trying to appease Trump instead of just doing journalism. CBS caved again and again, and it didn’t save them. It never does. Appeasement doesn’t work with

In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open--move that some consumer advocates fear could mean billions of dollars in added costs for customers in dozens of states.

Every piece of Tennessee legislation ends with the phrase, "The public welfare requiring it" and I'd like a word.

After more than two weeks in ICE detention, Nashville Noticias journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who reported on local immigration enforcement, is free. Her lawsuit challenging her detention is ongoing. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.

Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville journalist who reported on local immigration enforcement arrests before she herself was detained, was released Thursday from a Louisiana detention center, according to the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition, which is providing legal representation.

Commentary: Rep. Aftyn Behn and Sen. Heidi Campbell, both Nashville Democrats, have suggested legalizing cannabis and directing the tax revenue garnered from sales toward road maintenance. Could one realistically pay for the other? From columnist @brandonburley.bsky.social.

President Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t rule out asking Congress for an additional $200 billion to cover the cost of his war in Iran, a substantial sum that will likely be difficult to move through both chambers.

A letter from the Japanese consul-general to Sen. Richard Briggs said, In part: "But I am concerned that the changes proposed in SB1889/HB1708, restricting the license’s functionality . . . could be perceived negatively by Japanese investors. And that future investments might suffer.”

Sen. Richard Briggs, a Knoxville Republican, is among those expressing concern that a bill to require drivers license texts to be in English only would chill investments from foreign businesses.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday voted to move forward Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security. GOP Sen. Rand Paul voted to oppose; Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted to approve Mullin.

Is it some March Madness rule that pep bands have to play "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"?

BHA Strategies, the public affairs firm founded by Blake Harris, former chief of staff to ex-Gov. Bill Haslam, has hired U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's daughter-in-law. Grace Anello Tuberville will be Vice President, Strategic Communication. She was formerly a meteorologist in Huntsville, Alabama.

Higher quality of life in Franklin if you can pay $1 million for a house, are super conservative and don't care about good restaurants.

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, the president’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, on Wednesday in his confirmation hearing was challenged with questions about his “anger issues” by the fellow Republican who heads the Senate committee that oversees the department.

Commentary: This Sunshine Week, Editor @jhollymc.bsky.social writes about moves by the Tennessee legislature to give greater powers to state law enforcement while hiding the names of officers involved in immigration enforcement. Such secrecy is harmful to Tennesseans

CVS has threatened to shut down all 134 Tennessee pharmacies if they don't get their way, but Tennesseans have almost 3,000 other pharmacies to choose from.

Health care pharmacy chain CVS has spent $1.3 million on political TV advertisements across Tennessee to push back against a bill aimed at targeting its ownership of a pharmacy benefit manager, Federal Communications Commission public inspection files show. From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.

Bruce Pearl tryna ruin March Madness for me. #MarchMadness

One of my favorite things about journalism is when I get tagged in a post from another outlet: "OMG have you seen this?" when we've been reporting on it for months. Extra points when it's actually our story. 🙃

When discussing his bill to created a family oversight board to hear prison safety complaints, Sen. Tom Hatcher, a Maryville Republican, dropped a bombshell: 35 inmates have died in Tennessee prisons since January.

U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, nominated to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was challenged in his confirmation hearing with questions about his “anger issues," Ariana Figueroa reports.