Tennessee
TN Women Would Have to Travel Much More Post-Roe v. Wade
By Skylar Baker-Jordan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Chance Dorland for the Tennessee News Service/Public News Service Collaboration The …
TN Residents May Be Eligible for TurboTax Settlement Payments
More than 100,000 lower-income Tennessee residents who paid for online-tax prep services advertised as being free may be eligible for payments…
In TN, Mental-Health Issues Increase Child Anxiety
Marking Mental Health Awareness Month, advocates contended more outreach and services are needed to help Tennessee mothers with postpartum depression…
Experts: Working from Home Can Worsen Back, Spine Problems
With nearly half of Americans telecommuting, ergonomically designed office furniture has been replaced by couches, beds and kitchen tables. Experts …
TN Gov. Expected to Sign 'Historic' Expansion of Immigrant Workers’ Rights
A bill on Gov. Bill Lee's desk would expand eligibility for certain types of work licenses to Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) recipients…
End of Federal Waivers May Put More Rural TN Kids at Hunger Risk
Federal waivers put in place at the height of the pandemic allowed federal child nutrition programs more flexibility in delivering meals to households…
TN Community Colleges See Lowest Enrollment in Two Decades
Tennessee is seeing the lowest level of community-college enrollment since 2001. Remote learning, child care challenges and income loss amid the …
EPA Green-Lights Cleanup of TN Superfund Site
Tennessee soon will receive federal funding to clean up a 260-acre toxic-waste site in Shelby County. The Environmental Protection Agency recently …
Experts: County-Level Disparities in TN Child Incarceration
Children living in certain counties in Tennessee are more likely to be arrested and jailed, and experts contended they are not seeing signs the state …
Amid Inflation, Senate Lawmakers Debate Drug Pricing
A recent report found Tennessee households pay more than $6,000 a year on prescriptions, far more than the national average of around $4,000 dollars…
Hunger Persists at HBCUs, Despite Record Federal Funding
Tennessee's six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) collectively received more than $131 million in the past year through the America…
Amid Hospital Closures, TN Community Health Centers Fill Rural Health-Care Gap
Health-care professionals say Community Health Centers have stepped in to meet the needs of residents during the pandemic, as the state's rural areas …