‘We’re in an Emergency’

More than 170 political science scholars penned an open letter raising alarms about threats to American democracy. We talked to one of them.

TennCare Expansion Revisited

State Sen. Richard Briggs is making the latest pitch to extend public health insurance coverage to Tennessee’s working poor.

Knox County entrepreneur and prison reform advocate Josh Smith receives a pardon from the departing president.

Respondents want more mail-in voting and believe social media is not good for democracy.

With the election still too close to call, an analysis of the president’s performance in Knox County highlights his electoral struggles.

Local voters turned out in record numbers for Tuesday’s election, but despite some new faces the balance of political power remains the same.

Concerns about the pandemic have helped fuel record levels for early and absentee voting during this year’s election.

A majority of community leaders plan to vote for the Democratic nominee, despite Knox County’s Republican leanings.

Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli visits Knoxville to praise the power agency, a few months after the president nixed its outsourcing.

In an encounter similar to those reported elsewhere in the state, officers allegedly asked about connections to Antifa.