RAT SETTLEMENT - Family Dollar agreed to pay Tennessee more than $1 million due to selling products stored in a rat-infested warehouse.

The State Troopers assisted the Washington D.C. Police and Secret Service, joining hundreds of local and state agencies for the Inauguration.

Cold weather advisory issued for East Arkansas, North Mississippi, and West Tennessee, with wind chills expected between 0-10 degrees.

The Office of the Tennessee Attorney General announced a settlement Tuesday with Family Dollar Stores, a subsidiary of Dollar Tree Inc. This settlement follows an investigation that revealed Family Dollar stores in Tennessee were selling consumer goods that had knowingly been stored in a rodent-infested distribution center in West Memphis, Ar.

Nationally, the city that saw the most stark increase in home costs was Pine Hills, Florida, with a nearly 280% change in home costs between 2014 and 2024. Knoxville was the only city in the Volunteer State to crack Construction Coverage's top 100 list.

The criminal irony of a Tennessee state song elected in 2023 baffles even the original songwriter, who's convinced no one read the lyrics.

More than two years after Tennessee enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, lawmakers are poised to take up a handful of competing bills that could preserve — or further limit and punish — access to remaining reproductive care.

Tennessee lawmakers are proposing legislation which would put parents on the hook for restitution to law enforcement agencies if their child i

Gov. Bill Lee announced he’ll call a special legislative session to take up his statewide school voucher bill and measures to prepare for immigration policies under President-elect Donald Trump.

Voters are sending 12 new members to Nashville for the start of the 114th Tennessee General Assembly. While they'll sit as members for the first time when the legislature convenes Jan. 14, some are no strangers to the state Capitol. Meet the newest members of the Tennessee General Assembly:

Erica Meltzer is National Editor at Chalkbeat, where she covers education policy and politics. Erica was a founding editor of the local news site Denverite. Before that, she covered everything from housing and energy policy to crime and courts for newspapers in three states. She served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay.

The Rev. Bernice King spoke at Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation at Ebenezer Baptist Church.