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  • Nashville Mayor Claims $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit to Provide ‘High-Quality Legal Services’ and Community Support
    Nashville Mayor Claims $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit to Provide ‘High-Quality Legal Services’ and Community Support
TN Top Story: MNPS Returns to Louisville for Summer Retreat amid $1.5 Million Alignment Nashville Contract for Event, Conference Planning
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TSNN Featured: Nashville Mayor Claims $735,000 Budgeted for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit Will Provide ‘High-Quality Legal Services’ and Community Support
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Tennessee

Adrienne Battle
June 3, 2026

MNPS Returns to Louisville for Summer Retreat amid $1.5 Million Alignment Nashville Contract for Event, Conference Planning

Details were published about the annual "Principal Splash" event held for Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) leadership and principals, revealing hundreds planned to return to Louisville, Kentucky, where, in 2023, The Tennessee Star first reported the administrators met for a taxpayer-funded retreat. According to May reporting by education blogger TC...
Freddie O'Connell
June 3, 2026

Nashville Mayor Claims $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit to Provide ‘High-Quality Legal Services’ and Community Support

Tom Pappert
June 3, 2026

Pappert: Hawkins County’s Alliance with Environmental Law Group ‘Playing into the Democrats’ Hands’

CBP arrest
June 3, 2026

HUD Housing Crackdown Under Operation Clean House Leads to 24 Arrests in Memphis

Lifeforce
June 3, 2026

Tennessee Nurse Found Guilty of Illegally Distributing Nearly 1 Million Opioid Pills

John Rose and Monty Fritts X posts
June 3, 2026

John Rose Declares Monty Fritts Not a ‘Major Candidate’ in TN Gubernatorial Race Despite Polling Near Him in GOP Field

Rep. Tom Emmer, State Sen Brent Taylor, State Rep. Johnny Garrett
June 3, 2026

U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer Backing Garrett in TN-06 Race, Taylor in TN-09 Race

Alex Wilkins
June 2, 2026

Alexis Wilkins, Country Star Girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, Sues MS NOW for Defamation

bitcoin
June 2, 2026

Pro-Trump Hawkins County Retains SELC to Defend Crypto Mining Ban amid Environmental Group’s Role in Lawsuits Against Musk’s xAI, EPA

muslims
June 2, 2026

Cortes: Michigan Voters Reject Mass Muslim Migration in New Statewide Poll

Trump and Serbia
June 2, 2026

Breitbart’s Matt Boyle Details Serbian President’s Praise of Trump, Growing Global Support for American Leadership

Music City Loop
June 2, 2026

The Boring Company’s Music City Loop Second Tunnel Machine Nears Launch

TN Capitol
June 2, 2026

Tennessee Property Tax Elimination Campaign Names County Leadership Team

National News

ICE arrest
June 4, 2026

Senate Seeks Pathway to Deportation for Naturalized Criminals

There are few remedies for removing foreign nationals who committed violent crimes, joined terrorist groups, or engaged in large-scale fraud after they became American citizens, lawmakers noted at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Ken Cuccinelli, a former acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, pointed to two key cases...
Gavin Newsom
June 4, 2026

Commentary: California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax is Coming for Everyone

Jamshid Ghomi
June 3, 2026

DOJ Accuses Iranian-Californian Tech CEO of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iranian Military

doctor and patient
June 3, 2026

Obamacare Enrollment Fraud May Cost Taxpayers Billions in 2026, New Study Shows

Teacher and students
June 3, 2026

Analysis: Teachers Unions Help Turn Schools into Leftist Activist Pipeline, Starting in Kindergarten

Ron DeSantis
June 3, 2026

Red States Spark Trend in Abolishing Property Taxes amid State Budget Surpluses

Todd Blanche
June 3, 2026

DOJ Unveils New SPLC Allegations in Superseding Indictment

CDC
June 3, 2026

CDC Shrugs When Asked for COVID Vaccine Safety Data at Advisory Committee Meeting on Updated Jabs

Mark Wayne Mullin
June 3, 2026

Mullin Reviewing DHS Contracts Noem Signed

Todd Blanche
June 3, 2026

Johnson Confirms Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund Is ‘Off the Table’

Trump and shipyard
June 3, 2026

Commentary: It’s Time to Act Against China’s Maritime Tsunami and Rebuild America’s Shipyards

muslims
June 2, 2026

Cortes: Michigan Voters Reject Mass Muslim Migration in New Statewide Poll

Lee Zeldin
June 2, 2026

EPA Boss Made Criminal Referrals Alleging Democrats ‘Self-Dealing’ in Lucrative Green Energy Grants

Commentary

Gavin Newsom
June 4, 2026

Commentary: California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax is Coming for Everyone

If you own property in California, you’re not safe. A new ballot measure will empower the state to confiscate a percentage of the assets of any resident, even though its initial provisions don’t communicate that intent. California’s “One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Healthcare, Education, and Food Assistance Programs Initiative,” which has already...
Trump and shipyard
June 3, 2026

Commentary: It’s Time to Act Against China’s Maritime Tsunami and Rebuild America’s Shipyards

judge
June 2, 2026

Commentary: Congress Should Not Turn Away from Judges Behaving Badly

School drop-off
May 29, 2026

Commentary: State-Run Community Schools Weaken Families by Assuming Roles Traditionally Held by Parents

Jason Cardiff
May 28, 2026

Commentary: The Government Took Everything Before It Proved Anything

Child learning online with mother next to boy
May 28, 2026

Commetary: AI and Digital Tools Are Putting Our Kids at Risk

Tom Steyer
May 28, 2026

Commentary: Tom Steyer Will Destroy California’s Historic Small Businesses

Bob Woodson
May 28, 2026

Commentary: The Passing of Bob Woodson

AI machine
May 27, 2026

Commentary: Anthropic and the Rise of Woke AI

Weekend Spotlight

Proposed New Titans Stadium
May 19, 2026

Nashville to Host 2030 Super Bowl in New Titans Stadium

National Football League (NFL) owners voted Tuesday at the Spring League Meeting to award Nashville as the 2030 host city for host Super Bowl LXIV, which will mark the first time Tennessee will host the NFL’s championship game
Chris Fenton
May 18, 2026

Hollywood Executive Chris Fenton Eyes Tennessee Expansion While Launching New Family Film ‘Bad Counselors’

Full body MRI scan
May 17, 2026

Preventive Healthcare Goes High-Tech with Specialized Whole-Body MRI Clinics

classroom discussion
May 15, 2026

Declining Literacy Rates Spark New Concerns About Civic Understanding Among Young Americans

Jack Daniels
April 28, 2026

French Company Vies with American Company to Acquire Iconic Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey

Dr. Omar Hamada
March 7, 2026

Dr. Omar Hamada Identifies the Five Medical Tests You Must Take for Early Detection of Deadly Illnesses

Professional nurse
February 21, 2026

Tennessee Nurses Are Logging in as Online Nurse Practitioner Programs are Booming Across the State


Entertainment and Lifestyle

Travis Bolt
June 2, 2026

Travis Bolt Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

Music Spotlight artist Travis Bolt made his Opry Debut on May 29th in Nashville.
Paige King Johnson
May 30, 2026

Music Spotlight: Paige King Johnson

Jordan Ranier
May 23, 2026

Music Spotlight: Jordan Rainer

May 21, 2026

Ashley Anne Releases ‘Generational Heartbreak’ EP

Braxton Keith
May 19, 2026

Music Spotlight: Braxton Keith

Chris Fenton
May 18, 2026

Hollywood Executive Chris Fenton Eyes Tennessee Expansion While Launching New Family Film ‘Bad Counselors’

Clint Black
May 14, 2026

Clint Black Releases New Memoir

Teletown
May 9, 2026

Fender Celebrates 75 Years of the Telecaster at the Ryman

May 2, 2026

Music Spotlight: Austin Snell


Latest News

ICE arrest

Senate Seeks Pathway to Deportation for Naturalized Criminals

There are few remedies for removing foreign nationals who committed violent crimes, joined terrorist groups, or engaged in large-scale fraud after they became American citizens, lawmakers noted at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Ken Cuccinelli, a former acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, pointed to two...
Gavin Newsom

Commentary: California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax is Coming for Everyone

Adrienne Battle

MNPS Returns to Louisville for Summer Retreat amid $1.5 Million Alignment Nashville Contract for Event, Conference Planning

Freddie O'Connell

Nashville Mayor Claims $735,000 ‘Grant’ for Pro-Illegal Alien Nonprofit to Provide ‘High-Quality Legal Services’ and Community Support

Jamshid Ghomi

DOJ Accuses Iranian-Californian Tech CEO of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iranian Military

Tom Pappert

Pappert: Hawkins County’s Alliance with Environmental Law Group ‘Playing into the Democrats’ Hands’

doctor and patient

Obamacare Enrollment Fraud May Cost Taxpayers Billions in 2026, New Study Shows

Marsha Blackburn for US Senate
Tennessee Leads
National Constitution Bee

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