NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 1 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: A cookout of Americans' favorite foods for July 4th, including hot dogs, cheeseburgers, pork spare ribs, potato salad, baked beans, lemonade and watermelon, will cost just a few cents more this year, coming in at less than $6 per person, says the American Farm Bureau Federation. Farm Bureau's informal survey reveals the average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $52.80, or $5.28 per pe  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 2 -- Operation Homefront issued the following news release: * * * - Upcoming television special honors three hometown heroes and their families in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina * * * NASHVILLE, TN and ARLINGTON, VA - CMT partnered with national nonprofit Operation Homefront to support and celebrate America's military families as part of a three-part "Hometown Heroes" special that will air on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 10:00pm ET / 9:00pm CT. "CMT is a pro  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 2 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * - Shriners Grab, Shove Peaceful Protesters * * * This afternoon at the Shriners' open-to-the-public "Future of Circuses" talk at the Music City Center, Suzannah Smith--who's the granddaughter of a Shriner--took over the microphone to take the group to task over its continued use of circuses that feature animal acts, before being removed by security. Video footage of the disrup  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- ProEnglish, an advocate of English language, issued the following news: Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee told Breitbart News that she is calling for English, as the language of freedom, to be America's official language. Sen. Blackburn recently became a new co-sponsor of S. 678, the English Language Unity Act, as originally sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma in the United States Senate. The bill would establish English as the official language for governmental o  more