by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 16, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche visited Memphis on Friday to highlight the Memphis Safe Task Force’s results, crediting the multi-agency operation with reducing overall crime by 34 percent from the previous year. Blanche said the task force, which launched in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 14, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) into law to promote music tourism across the United States, including Tennessee’s historic music destinations. Blackburn’s American Music Tourism Act, filed as S. 195, will...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 2, 2026 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerri Green is courting support from Democratic governors across the country, touting recent meetings and exchanges with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as...
by Zachery Schmidt | Sep 29, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) helped pass the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), which seeks to regulate college athletics. Along with the Tennessee senators, 75 other senators voted for the PCSA on Monday night. Twenty-two senators...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 18, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
President Donald Trump signed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act into law this week, requiring the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to take additional steps to address sexual harassment and sexual assault of prison staff by...
by Zachery Schmidt | Sep 7, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee politicians showed their respect for American workers on Labor Day. America has celebrated Labor Day in some form since 1882, which is an “annual celebration of the economic and social achievements of American workers,” according to GovInfo. The 2026’s...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 3, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) leads a field of potential appointees to replace U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) if she wins the 2026 gubernatorial election, according to a new statewide poll of likely Republican voters. The poll of 900 likely Republican general...
by Zachery Schmidt | Aug 24, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
A congressional bill is attempting to stop taxpayer money from researching or publishing material that promotes gender transition procedures for minors. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and James Lankford (R-OK),...
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 6, 2026 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was declared the winner of the Republican primary for Tennessee governor Thursday evening, less than an hour and a half after polls closed across the state. At 8:24 p.m. CST when the race was officially called by Decision Desk HQ...
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 6, 2026 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) expressed confidence that she will secure the Republican nomination for Tennessee governor on Thursday, telling The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy that she expects to claim victory on election night...
