🚨NEWS: Sen. Marsha Blackburn tells me she is "strongly considering" a run for Tennessee governor. Senator Blackburn just won her bid for a second Senate term with 63.8% of the vote. Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee cannot run again in 2026, leaving the GOP field open.

This poll has Marsha up 71-13 on John Rose axios.com/2025/01/23/bla…

Axiom Strategies handled her finances. That’s where Thomas Datwyler works. He is also Andy Ogles’ mired treasurer, and today the Tennessee election finance board voted to send him two different subpoenas for two different campaigns that aren’t Ogles.

I was told that the unauthorized killing of large birds would end under a Trump admin.

Fiscal note: Two-thirds of Tennessee voucher recipients would come from private schools. pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/education/v…

State Rep. John Ray Clemmons filed a bill to allow law enforcement to use interstate cameras to investigate certain crimes. Clemmons says he plans to withdraw the legislation and bring it back as a caption bill to allow more time for discussion: axios.com/local/nashvill…

This LI man quit his NYC sales job to dress up in colonial garb and teach Revolutionary War-era history: ‘This is so much more fulfilling’ trib.al/fQMEhmk

Just a few more days to apply to come cover education in Nashville and Tennessee with us: reportforamerica.org/newsrooms/nash…

Nashville's own

I don’t have anything to promote (right now), but given today’s* news (*today is every day) I’m asking you to seek out and support local journalism in your community. For me and mine, that’s the Nashville Banner. nashvillebanner.com/how-were-funde…

Some personal news: After some 40 years as a working journalist, including a decade with Chalkbeat, I am retiring. This is my final week. (1 of 6)

Photos I took in my neighborhood five years ago today:

Hi! So *professional news* alert: I am excited to say that I've accepted a position in AP's Rhode Island buro. I am going to miss Tennessee terribly (a truly beautiful, newsy state), but a chance to help cover New England has been a dream for so long. Someone give me coat recs!

incredible news for scoundrels from Memphis to Mountain City

Was reminded of this iconic moment during a discussion at Kimberlee Kruesi's going away shindig:

‘You Mind If We Take This Over?’: New Video Sheds Light on THP-Metro Interaction Amid Immigration Arrests (Republished from ⁦Nashville Banner⁩) newschannel5.com/news/you-mind-…