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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Sunday March 08, 2026 ( 9 items )  

6 Tennessee Law Students Selected to Serve on TBA YLD Board
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 6, 2026, by Laura Labenberg: * * * 6 Tennessee Law Students Selected to Serve on TBA YLD Board TBA YLD President-elect Jennifer Sneed-Perry has appointed six law students to serve as law student liaisons for the 2026-2027 bar year. The students will fill newly established roles on the YLD Membership Committee and be led by YLD Law Student Liaison Coordinator Lorne Hiller, who also serv  more

Americans for Tax Reform: Trump Can Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on March 5, 2026, by John Kartch and Sean Rowen: * * * Trump Can Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k * President Trump can help middle class households by using his rulemaking authority to end the inflation tax on capital gains. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains filing make less than   more

Capital Research Center Issues InfluenceWatch Wrapup on March 6, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following InfluenceWatch wrapup on March 6, 2026, by Jonathan Harsh: * * * InfluenceWatch, a project of Capital Research Center, is a comprehensive and ever-evolving compilation of our research into the numerous advocacy groups, foundations, and donors working to influence the public policy process. The website offers transparency into these influencers' funding, motives, and connections while providing insight often neglected by ot  more

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary to Power Line: Keith Ellison Exposed
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Bill Glahn to Power Line: * * * Keith Ellison exposed There are probably fewer than 100 people in America who would understand the importance of a 47-second exchange during today's marathon 4-hour and 20-minute U.S. House Oversight committee hearing at the Capitol. But the brief sequence g  more

Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Leading Massive Human Smuggling Organization and Holding Illegal Immigrants Hostage
LOS ANGELES, California, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Leading Massive Human Smuggling Organization and Holding Illegal Immigrants Hostage An illegal immigrant from Guatemala pleaded guilty today to leading one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the United States, a ring that smuggled approximately 20,000 illegal immigrants from Guatemala   more

Investigators Probe In-Custody Death at Marion County Jail
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 7 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 6, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Investigators Probe In-Custody Death at Marion County Jail State investigators are investigating an in-custody death at the Marion County Jail in Jasper, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The deceased arrestee was identified as Clifford Ray Rector Jr.. Rector had been arrested Monday for public intoxication. "He was put in the drunk tank and a  more

MTSU Panel Series to Provide Guidance to Help Those Affected by Violence or Abuse
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, March 7 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: * * * MTSU panel series to provide guidance to help those affected by violence or abuse By Nancy DeGennaro Middle Tennessee State University's annual Family Violence Panels will return this semester, offering practical guidance and community resources to help the community respond effectively to abuse. Hosted by the Human Development and Family Science program in MTSU's College of Behavioral and  more

The intersection of faith and medicine at Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 7 [Category: BizBizHospital] -- Baptist Memorial Health Care posted the following news release: * * * The intersection of faith and medicine at Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine * Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine (BUCOM) student Caleb Luk, his peers in the Memphis chapter of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations and BUCOM faculty coordinated a virtual appearance from Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Instit  more

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: Lab Space Doubles Capacity for Master of Cytopathology Program
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 7 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * New Lab Space Doubles Capacity for Master of Cytopathology Program Written by Peggy Reisser Alicia Youngstrand has been a student in the histotechnology certificate program in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences since January. Her bachelor's degree is in fish, wildlife, and conservation biology, but she found jobs in the field were sc  more