The bill, HB 1096, would stop companies from getting incentives from the state if they sign deals with groups like unions and nonprofits.

East TN unions say Republican 'union-busting bill' would stop some companies from hiring union workers

Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra speaks out about Elon Musk and DOGE accessing Americans' financial data and explains why he believes Musk is gutting the agency.

Fired CFPB chief says Musk may have another goal for gutting the agency

FBI study ranks Tennessee 9th among states with the most cars stolen in 2023

One of those properties is the Internal Revenue Service's offices in the John J. Duncan Federal Building, located in downtown Knoxville. The lease has not been terminated as of Thursday, but having the property included on the department's lists indicates that the General Services Administration could soon cut it.

Downtown Knoxville IRS offices included on list of possible federal real estate spending cuts

The loss of experienced employees who manage Social Security’s fragile and interdependent web of computer systems will likely leave the agency vulnerable to technical outages and, potentially, interrupt the benefit payments that are sent to more than 73 million retirees, people with disabilities and others, Martin O’Malley, who served as commissioner under the Biden administration, told CNN.

The former Maryland governor predicted a meltdown could occur within 90 days...

‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse

Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech

Munger on Trump

Mapped: Ukraine’s Mineral Resources

Conservative donor Lee Beaman of Nashville owns a Washington, DC townhouse shared by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and evangelical Pastor Steve Berger.

Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a D.C. house at the center of a pastor’s secretive influence campaign

Interesting.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia

‘There is no question this was a setup’: Amb. Susan Rice on Trump’s Oval Office ambush of Zelesnky

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans.

What to know about the Feb. 28 economic boycott

Some fired employees were given less than two hours to leave the office, according to a source with direct knowledge who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal. They said staff that manages NOAA's central weather forecasting models scrambled in that timeframe to transfer access to employees who remain at NOAA.

Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes

The Complete List of Elon Musk Companies

Elon Musk has been entrusted with federal cost-cutting. Meanwhile, his businesses have collected a reported $38 billion in government funds—including millions loaned to Tesla when it was struggling

The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly planning to ditch a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon in favor of a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

The move would be a blatant favor to the tech mogul, as it would result in overhauling a communications system underpinning America’s air traffic control system and further increase the wealth and power of the world’s richest man, The Washington Post reports.

Elon Musk’s Open Corruption Revealed in New FAA Plans

Elon Musk's DOGE team removed key items from its "wall of receipts" after journalists fact-checked their boasts of billions in savings from cuts to federal programs and exposed sloppy errors and outright falsehoods.

Busted: DOGE humiliated by brutal fact-checking, walks back bogus savings claims

Well after two hours on hold with Social Security I decided to hang up my phone. They did warn me at the beginning I might have to wait as much as 70 minutes. I dont have much faith things will get better but maybe they will surprise me. Just pointing out problems is not how build something of good quality. You also have to point out what is working well and acknowledge it and continue it and build on it.

Vanderbilt is one of several research universities nationally very concerned about cuts to NIH grant funding. We went inside on drug lab with a lead researcher to see exactly what is at stake.

A look inside a Vanderbilt medical lab dependent on NIH funding

The $150,000 for the parking lot beneath James White Parkway, which will need Knoxville City Council approval at its March 4 meeting, will be used to pave the gravel lot and paint parking spaces, Kincannon said.

Under the parkway is one way to park near Sevier Avenue. Knoxville wants to make it easier

New insight tonight into a group of voters that helped swing the 2024 presidential race, those that voted for Democrats in prior elections, but for Donald Trump this past November.

Voted for Democrats in prior elections but for Donald Trump this November