TN Progressive

• Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
• Siemens expending in Blount County, But... (BlountViews)
• Maryville Arts Walk - 3rd Thursday - today thru Oct. 15 (BlountViews)
• Candidate for U.S. Rep., against Burchett campaigns Saturday, 4/18/2026, Blount County (BlountViews)
• WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
• America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
• A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
• The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
• Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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• My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
• July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)

TN Politics

• TN GOP discussing eliminating the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House seat (TN Lookout)
• Tennessee’s final 2027 budget shrinks disaster response fund by $55.8M (TN Lookout)
• Congressional Black Caucus members condemn Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act (TN Lookout)
• John Cole’s Tennessee: Rolling in dough (TN Lookout)
• Suspect charged with attempt to assassinate Trump intended mass casualties, prosecutors say (TN Lookout)
• US Senate panel approves Warsh as new Fed chair, as Americans struggle with soaring costs (TN Lookout)

Knox TN Today

• Tales from the Lily Pad (Knox TN Today)
• Double delight:  An afternoon at Sitting Bear Overlook and Sunset on Hawksbill (Knox TN Today)
• New principals for Gibbs MS, Blue Grass, West Haven, West High, Ftn. City (Knox TN Today)
• New Business Spotlight: Forté Fitness (Knox TN Today)
• Everyday Genius: The 2-Minute Rule That Changes Everything (Knox TN Today)
• Turner Homes is now Turner Companies (Knox TN Today)
• Nick McBride: On the Grow property records for last week (Knox TN Today)
• A Visit to the Top of Old Smoky with Stephen Lyn Bales (Knox TN Today)
• ArtBeat: Spotlight on the local arts events (Knox TN Today)
• 4/30 HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
• More options emerging for East Tennessee home buyers this spring  (Knox TN Today)
• Weekend Scene: Grits & Greens to Beer & Blooms and more (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• Rep. Harshbarger introduces bill to ban child sex-change procedures (WATE)
• Tennesseans paying among highest costs from gas price spike, new report finds (WATE)
• One Knoxville's best-ever U.S. Open Cup run ends in Round of 16 (WATE)
• New backcountry reservation system, fees coming to Great Smoky Mountains (WATE)
• 'Gut-wrenching': Ohio crash leaves UT senior hospitalized weeks before graduation (WATE)
• 'A full circle moment' City leaders share personal ties to Western Heights development (WATE)

News Sentinel

State News

• Remembering the life of Mike Ozborn - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• ☀️ A good day to write an essay - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Community Voice: Don’t dismantle what Chattanooga has already built at incubator - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Letter to the editor: Report undermined county program, should have celebrated it - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight - The New York Times (Business)
• Former FBI Director James Comey arrested in Virginia, appears briefly in court - WRAL (US News)
• Microsoft Stock Slides After Earnings. What Overshadowed Strong Cloud Growth. - Barron's (Business)
• Powell to remain as Fed governor, denying Trump a key vacancy - Axios (Business)
• Meta Stock Falls Sharply After Strong Earnings. What’s Dragging It Down. - Barron's (Business)
• Euro zone inflation jumps to 3% as economic growth almost stalls - CNBC (Business)
• Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress - NPR (US News)
• Trump threatens US troop cuts in Germany - dw.com (US News)
• King Charles US visit live: Macron responds to ‘speaking French’ jibe at Trump ahead of final day of tour - The Independent (US News)
• Thom Tillis isn’t done yet with Donald Trump’s nominees - Politico (US News)
• Alphabet, Amazon Outpace Meta in AI During Earnings Bonanza - Yahoo Finance (Business)
• 10 current and former Mexican officials accused in US indictment of aiding drug trafficking - AP News (US News)
• Hegseth spars with lawmakers as Iran war’s price tag hits $25 billion - The Washington Post (US News)
• Google Cloud revenue is now 18% of Alphabet's business. Is this the beginning of the end of Google's search identity? - Fortune (Business)
• On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets - TechCrunch (Business)