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A bill that would give Tennessee drivers the option to put the phrase “In God We Trust” on state license plates advanced to the full Tennessee Senate, where it will be discussed and voted on as soon as next week.

A nail salon in Tennessee is facing an uproar after a woman claimed it posted a sign saying plus-size customers must pay more for the business’s services.

The Thomas More Law Center filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Tennessee General Assembly and the State of Tennessee in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on Monday challenging the federal refugee resettlement program for violating the state’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

California’s new travel ban against Tennessee — and other conservative states — could force dozens of basketball teams from California’s public colleges and universities to miss the annual NCAA “March Madness” Tournament.

A proposed Tennessee bill to protect freedom of speech on college campuses has been named “The Milo Bill,” after Breitbart Senior Editor MILO.

During a Monday welfare check, deputies in Jonesborough, TN discovered a girl with autism was locked in a cage that smelled like “urine and feces,” says a WJHL report. Authorities were following up on a tip that a child was kept in

After rumors circulated that former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning might be looking to run for the U.S. Senate, pressure is ramping up with Arizona Senator John McCain jumping into the debate to praise Manning saying he’d make a fine U.S. Senator.

Six inmates escaped from an eastern Tennessee jail by ripping a toilet from a concrete wall and climbing out of a hole behind it to freedom.

A “couponing” mom from Tennessee says she was attacked inside a Kroger grocery store because a customer thought she was holding up the line.

Santa Claus receives many wishes from children during the holiday season, but one wish from a terminally ill five-year-old boy from Tennessee brought a Santa to tears.

Officials at the University of Illinois shot down a proposal which would have transformed the grounds into a “sanctuary campus”, harboring illegal immigrant students and banning federal immigration officials.

The University of Mississippi Student Body Senate has pulled a resolution which would have created a “sanctuary campus” for illegal immigrant students and banned federal immigration officials from stepping foot on campus after an overwhelming backlash.

The Ole Miss College Democrats and a social justice organization are asking the Student Senate to pass a resolution that would transform the campus into a “sanctuary campus” in order for illegal immigrants to escape deportation.

Following other liberal American universities, Vanderbilt students are now demanding sanctuary city policies for their campus to ensure illegal immigrant students are not deported.

Five children confirmed dead in Monday’s school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have been identified.

Problems with Obamacare have caused significant rate hikes in some parts of the country and fewer choices for consumers, but that hasn’t stopped the Obama Administration from making a major enrollment push at the start of open enrollment Tuesday.

The Tennessee General Assembly has selected the Thomas More Law Center to represent the state in its lawsuit against the federal government over the resettlement of refugees in the Volunteer State.

A Facebook Live video capturing two people passed out on the sidewalk from heroin overdoses is going viral on the Internet.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Prescription pain-killers are more prevalent than people in Louisiana; according to a new report that shows widespread opioid issues across eight states.

A Memphis, TN woman was surprised to come home to two burglars having sexual intercourse in her house, WREG reports. Jamie Barnes returned home Sunday after being away for a few days to find her front door open. When Barnes continued

A photo of a firefighter in full gear climbing the stair machine at a Planet Fitness gym in Tennessee has gone viral on Facebook.

Shoppers at a clothing store in Tennessee confronted a suspected thief for stealing hundreds of dollars from a woman, and forced her to return the stolen money.

Taxpayers in the state of Tennessee paid to fly an interpreter fluent in an obscure language spoken in Myanmar (Burma) from North Carolina to Nashville to assist in the defense of a refugee from that country charged with four counts of child abuse.

An underage girl in Memphis, TN may have been sexually assaulted during a Facebook Live broadcast, Fox Carolina reports. The Memphis Police Department is investigating the incident that involves a 15-year-old girl and multiple teenage boys that was recorded live

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, DesJarlais beat Starrett 52 percent to 43 percent. For DesJarlais, who won a 2014 primary challenge from State Senator Jim Tracy by less than 100 votes, the nine percent margin over Starrett was not a nail-biter.

Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall recently announced that he was partnering with the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) to provide an instructor to lead a class called “Islam 101.”

All told, in the six years between 2010 and 2015, seven cases of MDR TB were diagnosed in the state of Tennessee, including the three Nashville cases. The Tennessee Department of Health confirms that two of these seven cases of MDR TB were refugees, four were foreign-born but not refugees, and one was U.S.-born.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee–State Representative Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) is suing Tennessee Attorney General Herb Slatery and Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) over an ongoing investigation into conduct he says is not legally authorized.

A man accused of shooting indiscriminately at passing cars and police on a Tennessee highway told investigators he was angry about police violence against African-Americans, authorities said Friday.

On Tuesday Tennessee Attorney General Herb Slatery gave the Tennessee General Assembly a green light to sue the federal government on Tenth Amendment grounds over its resettlement of refugees in the Volunteer State.

Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, is criticizing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for allowing refugees to enter the United States without screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis.

Tennessee State Rep. Rick Womick (R-Rockvale) is asking Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery “who has the standing and legal authority to investigate [you] …if it is believed [you have] engaged in unethical…or other inappropriate conduct?”

The scope and legal authority of an ongoing investigation by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery into the conduct of State Rep. Jeremy Durham (R-Franklin) is being questioned by a number of Tennessee political insiders, attorneys, and individuals interviewed by the investigators who have spoken with Breitbart News.

The first reported case of a person with measles in the recent Memphis outbreak, which now numbers seven confirmed cases, was at a local mosque on April 15, according to the Shelby County Health Department.

Technology entrepreneur Doug Burgum, one of two candidates for the gubernatorial nomination in North Dakota’s Republican primary, tells Breitbart News that suing the federal government over the refugee resettlement program on Tenth Amendment grounds is “an option that deserves consideration.”

State Rep. Al Carlson of Fargo, the Republican Majority Leader in the North Dakota House of Representatives, tells Breitbart News he wants the state to sue the federal government over the refugee resettlement program on Tenth Amendment grounds.