Featured Government Story

  • Photo of voters at Larry Cox Senior Center.
    City Charter Amendment Set
    Despite reservations by some, Council members voted to approve a way to win elections in the primaries. Voters will decide its fate in November.
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City News

  • South Knox property map
    City PILOT, Country PILOT
    A pair of apartment projects aimed at providing workforce housing with the help of tax incentives have taken divergent paths.
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  • Golf course photo.
    Fairways and Fields
    City and county officials plan to seek a private-sector partner to revamp Knoxville Municipal Golf Course to include multi-sport playing fields.
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  • Paul Noel, Indya Kincannon. photo
    Noel Suspended
    Report: Knoxville’s police chief exchanged ‘flirtatious and sexually suggestive’ text messages with a female subordinate officer.
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  • Neyland Drive photo.
    North Waterfront’s Turn
    KCDC will begin the planning process for redeveloping the Neyland Drive corridor from Maplehurst and the Henley Bridge to Third Creek.
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  • Baker Creek photo.
    Runoff Rundown
    Knoxville officials are investing $8.4 million over the next few years on upgrades to stormwater infrastructure.
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County News

State News

  • head shots of state Senate District 7 Republican candidates Kent Morrell and Richard Briggs
    Election 2026: Legislative Primaries
    State Senate District 7 and House District 18 sport interesting Republican fights, while two Democrats are on the ballot in House District 14.
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  • 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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