Tennessee’s State Epidemiologist, Dr. Tim Jones, MD, is speaking out about the risks Tennesseans face in light of the Zika virus outbreaks in the Caribbean and South America. According to Dr. Jones, the two species of mosquitoes which carry Zika…
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Dreaded Cicadas Return This Year
It has been more than a decade since Middle Tennessee has dealt with swarms of cicadas. The last time the 13-year periodical cicada emerged from the ground was in May of 1998. Come May of this year, most of Middle…
Read MoreTN Will Matter to the GOP This Time Around
The rallies are big, the field operations extensive and the expectations for candidate visits are high. It’s not quite Iowa, but Tennessee — a state long ignored until much later in the cycle, and then often just turned to for…
Read MoreNot All Journalists Fond of the First Amendment
In a September interview, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so…
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