WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Dismissal of Tennessee Assistant Prosecutor Over Alleged Racist, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Muslim Posts The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the dismissal of an assistant prosecutor in Knox County, Tennessee, over social media posts allegedly expressing racist, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Hails Tennessee's Gov. Lee for Signing Firearm Industry Protection Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NSSF (r), The Firearm Industry Trade Association, hails Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee for signing SB 1360 into law which brings added protections to the firearm industry and Second Amendment rights in the Volunteer State. The law protects the state's growing firearm and ammuni  more

ROSWELL, Georgia, May 6 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Southeastern Legal Foundation and Mountain States Legal Foundation demand SCOTUS recognize continued racial discrimination against farmers Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), two organizations that litigate to defend your constitutional rights, filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) asking the co  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, May 6 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * Tenn. legislature funds monument for Oak Ridge civil rights pioneers In a historic photo, students gather at the Oak Ridge high school in Tennessee. (Photo: DOE) The Tennessee legislature has approved a $3.2 million proposal to fund a monument that will honor a group of 85 black former students known as the Scarboro-Oak Ridge 85 who, with support from the Atomic Energy Commiss  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * TVA Considers Postponing Retirement for Deadly Coal Plants Chattanooga, TN - Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Don Moul announced that the country's largest federal utility is considering delaying retirement of four coal plants in its fleet. In 2021, TVA announced its plans to retire all of its remaining four coal plants: Shawnee, Gallatin, Kingston, and Cumberland, by 2035. According to the u  more