Rikki Hall

The elementary-school massacre in Connecticut set off renewed conversations about how to avoid such violence, but as usual gun-rights advocates have no interest in discussing what “well regulated” in the Second Amendment truly means.

Assume the governor (and his minions) listens to the people regarding James White Parkway and chooses the No Build alternative. What then?

Close your eyes and imagine that you live in a sustainable community. What is your morning routine? What’s in your kitchen? How do you get around? What makes people upset? What entertains them?

I used to think of the future as mine, but having lived through a big chunk of it, I think of it as someone else’s problem. I am a minority stakeholder in the century yet to come. I ought to ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park plans to charge backpackers $4 per person per night to camp in the backcountry, starting next year. Local hikers have fought this idea since it was first suggested, and this month they sent a ...

The State of Tennessee has a golden opportunity to reduce spending in future elections: Stop funding Democratic primaries.

Finding everything that lives in a river is a big challenge, especially in a jewel of biodiversity like the Little River, so the experts team up. Biologists from TWRA, TDEC, TVA, Knox County and the University of Tennessee worked together. ...

Early voting started last Friday, but you haven’t voted yet. You’re still hoping an asteroid will strike the planet or the governor will sign a stealth bill requiring proof that you’ve donated $10,000 to political campaigns to be eligible to ...

In April, the Tennessee Legislature passed the Life Defense Act, requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges. This new law and the death of a local doctor have made the availability of abortion in Knoxville uncertain, as ...

In Tennessee, the majority party in the state Legislature gets control of the election commission in every county, a contrivance with no constitutional basis.