Reading into 2025 with Tennessee writers and topics
Columnist and bibliophile Saralee Terry Woods names former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s memoir as a must-read from the last year. (Photo: Holly McCall) If there is a brainworm for me…
Kentucky mother wants to expand who can have cameras in residential facilities
Ann Jeannette Pierce and her daughter, Caroline. (Photo provided) Ann Jeannette Pierce is worried by the unexplained bruises and cuts that periodically pop up on her nonverbal adult daughter. So,…
Some states on track to restore abortion access, while others push for fetal rights in 2025
Maggie Olivia, a senior policy manager with Abortion Action Missouri, embraces abortion-rights supporters in St. Louis after the race is called in favor of Amendment 3 on Nov. 5, 2024.…
A massive budget deficit means fewer hands out to R.I. lawmakers as 2025 begins
Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio signals he may be open to passing stricter gun control measures in the 2025 legislative session. (Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current) In December 2023,…
As ‘smart cities’ tools grow nationwide, so do privacy and ethical concerns
A LiDAR sensor from technology company Ouster, shown in an intersection in Colorado, uses a laser to create anonymous 3-D models of the people and vehicles at street level. (Photo…
Late President Jimmy Carter to lie in state at U.S. Capitol next week
A portrait of former President Jimmy Carter hangs in the Georgia Capitol. Carter, a governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, died Sunday. (Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder) WASHINGTON — Funeral services…
Shore up social studies education to shore up American democracy
Kentucky lawmakers have taken some positive steps but so far have focused on citizenship exams which emphasize random factual information more than the robust appreciation for political participation and constitutional…
Two years after council push for local investment, Hampton Roads Ventures has yet to deliver
Hampton Roads Ventures, created by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, is headquartered in this office building in Norfolk. (Jim Morrison/For the Virginia Mercury) More than two years after Norfolk’s…
Some states on track to restore abortion access, while others push for fetal rights in 2025
The Virginia Capitol (Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury) Heading into the third year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, states will continue to introduce and consider legislation to expand or restrict access…
FBI finds 150 homemade bombs at Va. home in one of the largest such seizures and more headlines
The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) • “FBI finds 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home in one of the largest such seizures, prosecutors say.” — The Associated Press • “Ex-Rep.…