The Tennessee Legislature passed a bill targeting people or groups that hire protesters.
Senate President Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) and House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) signed off on the bill this week after both chambers passed Senate Bill (SB) 2222.
Tennessee gender clinics may soon be required to offer detransition procedures for transgender people.
The State House passed House Bill (HB) 0754 this week, which mandates gender clinics that accept state funds to offer detransition procedures to patients.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a permit to Elon Musk’s xAI company this week to build a power plant in Southaven.
Southaven, about 15 minutes from Memphis, will help power the Colossus 2 data center, which helps operate Grok.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is facing sharp criticism from within his own party over his defense of Haitian migrants in Springfield, as conservative activist and founder of the Ohio-based We the People Convention Tom Zawistowski accused him of siding with immigrants over Ohio citizens and backing what he called a failed immigration policy.
Virginia hospitals provided $4.5 billion in community benefits during fiscal year 2024, according to the 2026 Community Benefit Report released by the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHHA).
John and Anne Fredericks, owners of the John Fredericks Media Network, the largest independently owned news-talk-sports radio network in America, have endorsed new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidance clarifying broadcasters’ responsibilities under federal political equal opportunities law.
Last week, the FCC’s Media Bureau released updated guidance clarifying the scope and application of the statutory political equal opportunities requirement under Section 315 of the Communications Act, emphasizing that broadcast stations must not use the public airwaves to advance partisan political interests and must ensure that no legally qualified candidate is unfairly favored over another.
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