by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South, TN LEAD
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said that the Tennessee Democratic Party’s expletive-laden social media post attacking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not an isolated outburst, but part of a broader political narrative that...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
As Memphis highlights major crime reductions in 2025, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) has stopped short of acknowledging that these gains largely coincide with an influx of federal resources deployed under the Trump administration through the launch of the Memphis...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, contrasted modern expectations of immigration with those of the early 1900s, noting that the 1921 Manual of the United States for the Information of Immigrants and Foreigners, emphasized firm expectations of...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 8, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
A new report compiled by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth shows that child care costs continue to rise, with the statewide average annual cost of center-based care for infants in the Volunteer State being more costly than the 2025 in-state tuition rate...
