Earlier this month, I joined my Senate colleagues in a tradition that has marked the beginning of each new congressional term since our nation’s founding: reciting the oath of office. In …

A new bill introduced to this Tennessee General Assembly session by TN Representative Gino Bulson, aims to create covenant marriages in the state. A Covenant Marriage is defined is the proposal …

More bills were filed in the Tennessee General Assembly this week. The following bills detailed below reflect changes to marriage, unlawful occupants, physical searches of students, officer’s …

The Laken Riley Act will become the first bill Trump will sign as the 47 th President. The bill was named after a 22-year-old nursing student at the University of Georgia murdered by an illegal …

A Tennessee bill advancing through the legislative session this year is seeking to rename Nashville Internation Airport to Trump International Airport. The bill, HB217, was filed by Tennessee …

Tennessee lawmakers advanced a new bill, SB162, which prohibits fluoride from being added to public water systems. The bill passed on its first consideration, which is the first step of many in …

In yet another executive order signed by President Donald Trump on January 21, the executive order, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” ends 6 …

Jackson Mayor Scott Conger is currently going through the rotation of local civic groups and other organizations, giving his State of the City address. His theme this year is about how the focus …

Teresa McSweeney was in her previous role with Jackson-Madison County Schools a few years ago when she first heard about the Pathways2Possibilities program. P2P is a national organization that …

No students hurt in shooting near local school Jackson Police officers are investigating a shooting that took place on Jan. 16, 2025, at approximately 3 p.m. The incident occurred on the …

Is crime rising in Jackson? That’s a topic of debate in the area every time notifications of a murder, shooting, stabbing or some other violent crime spread through the area on social …

The Madison County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21, was over in just under 90 minutes, but there were a number of adamant discussions about different issues that happened in that time. …

As the Jackson-Madison County Chapter spent most of Monday morning, Jan. 20, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a few of its sister organizations, NAACP President Harrell Carter took a few …

In a year that saw three consecutive months of record-low unemployment, Tennessee ended 2024 with an unemployment rate well below the U.S. rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of …

There are 13 Tennessee Veterans' Services offices across the state, and Jackson has one of them. The staff and a number of state and local luminaries celebrated the ribbon cutting for Jackson's …

The City of Jackson may have figured out its capital plan. Nine days after the City Council voted to decrease its maximum amount of debt it was willing to take on via bond issue from $36 million …

It’s not official yet, but the City of Jackson, Madison County and Jackson-Madison County Schools appear to be headed toward a compromise for the off-site improvements for the new Pope School. …

The themes of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Jackson with the Jackson-Madison County NAACP and other sister organizations were “Fight Twice as Hard” and …

Public comment periods would be eliminated at county commission and city council meetings on applications for new property developments if the proposed development substantially complies with …

A pair of lawmakers who in 2023 shepherded a new public comment requirement for meetings under the Open Meetings Act are seeking to expand the law to require governing bodies to allow public comment …