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  • Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon photo.
    Kincannon Proposes ‘Lean’ Budget
    The $499 million spending plan includes money for more police officers, housing, sustainability efforts and infrastructure, without requiring a tax increase.
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  • Urban Wilderness trail photo.
    Trail Town
    The International Mountain Biking Association lauds Knoxville’s trail network and the biking community’s culture of engagement.
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  • Mary Katherine Wormsley photo.
    CareCuts Cleared to Move
    City Council denied an appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision to allow the homeless-services provider to open a center on Clinton Highway.
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  • Maya Robles photo.
    Council Calls for Warming-Center Review
    The resolution asks the City, the County and the Office of Housing Stability to look at expanding the times that warming centers are open to unhoused individuals.
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  • Durham HEART photo.
    Community-Responder Proposal
    A city-county task force has developed a roadmap for an alternative to police response to low-risk E-911 calls.
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State News

  • Tennessee Lookout photo.
    House Panel Revises Voucher Expansion
    The measure, which is at odds with the Senate version, would reduce the number of scholarships, provide a bit of transparency and require immigration status reporting.
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  • Randy McNally photo
    McNally Bows Out
    The lieutenant governor and Senate speaker, whose district includes a slice of Knox County, will step down after nearly 50 years in the state Legislature.
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  • State GDP chart
    ‘Precariously Positive’
    Amid uncertainty caused by federal policies, UT’s Boyd Center projects slow growth for Tennessee’s economy in the coming years.
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  • Newmans Island photo
    Bridging the French Broad
    A new pedestrian bridge will unify an expanding Seven Islands State Birding Park, thanks to a conservation grant and a longtime benefactor.
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  • John Rose photo.
    Who is John Rose?
    The Republican congressman is fighting a lack of name recognition in his quest to beat U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in the GOP primary for governor in 2026.
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