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Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. It ...
The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption, and voter ...
The Tennessee Senate Thursday morning passed a bill blocking local governments from passing police reform on traffic stop policies, sending the bill to Gov. Bill Lee's desk to be signed into law ...
Subsequently, the county government began soliciting other counties in Tennessee and surrounding states to send their "detained youth" to the Rutherford County juvenile jail for incarceration, at $175 per day per child. In a promotional video, the county indicated that over 20 Tennessee counties had contracted with Rutherford's juvenile jail.
Corruption in local government refers to the misuse of public office and resources by individuals in positions of power at the local level for personal gain or the benefit of select groups. It involves the abuse of entrusted authority, bribery, embezzlement, fraud, nepotism, and other forms of illicit activities that undermine the integrity and ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for ...
This is a list of lists of American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony crimes committed while in office. The lists are broken by decades. The lists are broken by decades.
Operation Rocky Top became public in January 1989 when W.D. "Donnie" Walker, a one-time bingo regulator in the state government who later became a lobbyist, pleaded guilty to offering McNally a $10,000 (equivalent to $27,796 in 2023) bribe in exchange for his vote on a measure to legalize horse racing.