Humana’s announcement this week that it would no longer offer individual coverage in the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Tennessee has further galvanized activists trying to salvage some semblance of …
New UTK Chancellor: “We want to solve some of the greatest challenges in the world”
Appearing before broadcast, digital, and print journalists at the Tyson Alumni Center, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Chancellor Beverly Davenport sidestepped some prickly questions about diversity funding and the General Assembly on Wednesday—her …
No Town Hall Commitment, But Sights And Sounds Of Freedom Ring At Duncan Protest
The kooks couldn’t have been kinder. About 200 people — galvanized to action when Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. declined to host a town meeting, citing “extremists, kooks and radicals” …
Alarmed by President Trump’s Agenda—and by a Lack of Response From Representatives—Knoxvillians Get Organized
She calls herself an accidental activist. Perplexed and alarmed by the election of President Donald Trump, Sarah Herron, a Maryville mother of two, did what any red-blooded American does these …
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. Rejects Town Hall Meeting, Citing “Kooks, Extremists And Radicals”
Social media-fueled East Tennessee organizers are using U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.’s words against him. The congressman declined hundreds of requests to hold a town hall meeting in his …