Knoxville Voters Reject Half-Cent Increase to City’s Sales Tax

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South

Knoxville voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have increased the city’s sales tax rate by half a cent. The referendum was rolled out earlier this year after Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon proposed that the city’s sales tax – with the exception of...

Senator Blackburn Demands Answers from PimEyes over Facial Recognition Technology Used to Dox ICE Agents

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is demanding answers from the face recognition search engine PimEyes over its image recognition software being used to dox federal officers. In September, Blackburn sent a letter to Giorgi Gobronidze, the owner and CEO of PimEyes,...

Metro Nashville Council to Vote on Resolution Marking ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

The Metro Nashville Council is set to vote on a resolution at its Tuesday meeting to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. The resolution, filed as RS2025-1624, is sponsored by Metro Councilmembers Olivia Hill, Emily Benedict, Tasha Ellis, and Russ Bradford. Hill,...

Glenn Youngkin’s Election Day Message to Republicans: ‘When We Vote, We Win’

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | Elections, News, State News, The South, Virginia

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin said the key to victory today for Republicans in the general election is voter turnout. Youngkin, during a Tuesday morning appearance on The John Fredericks Show, focused heavily on voter turnout in the general election, citing his own...

Tennessee to Give $5 Million to Food Banks

by Zachery Schmidt | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South

Gov. Bill Lee announced on Tuesday that Tennessee will allocate $5 million in state funds to food banks to help people facing delays in governmental food assistance. As the government shutdown goes on, Lee said he is “grateful to non-profit partners serving...

Chattanooga Volkswagen Workers Vote to Authorize Strike as Contract Negotiations Fail

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

Union workers at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant voted last week to authorize a strike as contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the German auto company continue to stall. In April 2024, Volkswagen employees at the Chattanooga plant voted to...

Right to Work Could Define Virginia’s 2025 Governor’s Race, National Labor Expert Mark Mix Says

by Kaitlin Housler | Nov 4, 2025 | News, Politics, State News, The South, Virginia

Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, is confident Virginia’s long-standing Right-to-Work law will be a defining issue in the Commonwealth’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday between Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears and...