Tue
Mar 4 2025
09:29 am
By: Mark Harmon
If you can get past the paywall, check out my guest column in the KNS.
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Discussing:
- Trump Admin wants rid of DEI bike lanes (1 reply)
- New COVID-19 wave, vaccine available soon (2 replies)
- Mark Harmon journalism award (1 reply)
- Senior's fishing, hunting, sportsman license fees increase more than others (2 replies)
- Dolly Parton - we miss you already (1 reply)
- NW Indiana residents on 10th day without power (1 reply)
- Only Republicans moving to Florida? (1 reply)
- ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bulls-- (1 reply)
- SoKno what have you done? (2 replies)
- Vote! Thursday is election day. (4 replies)
- The Odyssey (3 replies)
- AI backlash - Justin Pearson (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- View from the Overlook (Whitescreek Journal)
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
TN Politics
- Flock cameras divide Tennessee governments, residents over privacy as some end their contracts (TN Lookout)
- In America’s most divisive era since the Civil War, Dolly Parton showed us a path forward (TN Lookout)
- As the Trump administration dismantles Temporary Protected Status, Salvadorans may be next (TN Lookout)
- US employers are relying more and more on ‘disposable’ workers (TN Lookout)
- Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics (TN Lookout)
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Postal Service vote-by-mail rule (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Decoding a doctor’s diaries (Knox TN Today)
- The Cumberland Gap Tunnel turns 30 (Knox TN Today)
- Wesley House + Vivian Shipe + Timothy Hiles + Ellie Bernstein + Chase Eubanks (Knox TN Today)
- Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | Sept. 8 (Knox TN Today)
- Dishing It Out: Ground Turkey & Sweet Potato Skillet (Knox TN Today)
- Above & Beyond: Two Tennesseans answer the call on the Duck River (Knox TN Today)
- Fair food: The delicious, strange and deep-fried traditions we love (Knox TN Today)
- Bill Lamb: From heavy equipment to engineering (Knox TN Today)
- Borrowing against assets as a way to access cash (Knox TN Today)
- Who are these Vols? Tech will provide first clue (Knox TN Today)
- Virginia Farris wins first KnoxTNToday Game Ball (Knox TN Today)
- Erika Yancey: ACSO Corrections Deputy honored twice in 2026 (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Police locate guardians of boy found wandering alone in Mechanicsville (WATE)
- Students disagree with superintendent after classmates overheat during Carter Middle evacuation (WATE)
- Tennessee Valley Fair helps support Little Ponderosa Zoo, connect kids with animals (WATE)
- 12 caves checked for person possibly needing rescue in Claiborne County (WATE)
- Annual Labor Day solidarity picnic celebrates workers, standing together in Knoxville (WATE)
- Fuel prices at record Labor Day high in US thanks to Iran war and refinery issues (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Dear Abby: Renewed connection won't take a hint - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Carter donating $427 per tackle this season for the Vols - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Prep football surprises: Tyner defensive effort leads list - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga’s newest choir formed to build a ‘third space’ for queer community - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Novartis Stock Drops After Another Trial Setback - WSJ (Business)
- The U.S. is trying to reduce its reliance on China for batteries. Here's what it's up against - CNBC (Business)
- Trump threatens to ban Bombardier jet sales as Canada’s tariffs take effect - The Washington Post (Business)
- U.S.-Iran War Updates: Oil nears $100 a barrel as Strait of Hormuz stalemate keeps ship traffic down - CBS News (Business)
- What to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump’s unusual midterm convention - AP News (US News)
- Has the economy gone C-shaped? : Planet Money - NPR (Business)
- Five killed in Miami plane crash landing were in two vehicles, investigators say - BBC (Business)
- New Hampshire primaries test Trump and the left - NBC News (US News)
- Canada's retaliatory tariffs worth $27.6 billion take effect as trade rift with U.S. deepens - CNBC (US News)
- China Hits Japan With Anti-Dumping Measures on Chip Chemical - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- Hawaii sees its first-ever tornado watch as Hurricane Lowell approaches - San Francisco Chronicle (US News)
- U.S.-Iran War Updates: Oil nears $100 a barrel as Strait of Hormuz stalemate keeps ship traffic down - CBS News (US News)
- Amazon Plane Crash: NTSB Finds Black Boxes And Says Jet Struck Cleaning Crew Van - Forbes (US News)
- OpenAI’s AI agents secretly used a German wiki website as a message board. OpenAI stayed quiet about it for weeks. - Fortune (Business)
- Mistrial or retrial, Lindsay Clancy faces years of confinement - NewsNation (US News)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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