by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 15, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Seventeen years after the Tax Day Tea Party protests galvanized a nationwide grassroots movement, two of its early architects, Tea Party Nation Founder Judson Phillips and The Tennessee Star’s CEO Michael Patrick Leahy, graded how the U.S. has measured up to the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 15, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD, TNLEAD
A federal jury on Wednesday delivered a major blow to Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, finding that the companies illegally maintained monopoly power in the live event ticketing market after a weeks-long antitrust trial. The verdict was...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 15, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
A bill proposal seeking to clarify Tennessee’s “intent to go armed” provision is dead this session. The House Judiciary Committee did not take any action on House Bill (HB) 2064 on Tuesday, which attempted to rewrite Tennessee gun laws. HB 2064 and its...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 15, 2026 | Education, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD, TNLEAD
The Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security announced that General Dan “Raizin” Caine, the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will headline the upcoming 2026 Asness Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats. The event will be held in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 15, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
A massive, 16-day “World’s Fair”-style celebration is set to take over the National Mall this summer as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Organized by Freedom 250, the Great American State Fair will run from June 25 through July 10, 2026, stretching from...
