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Tennessee lawmakers debate bill that would track costs of services for illegal immigrants
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A controversial immigration bill is up for debate Wednesday afternoon at the Tennessee State Capitol, where those in opposition say they plan to show up in full force.
House Bill 1711 would require state agencies, local governments and law enforcement to begin tracking and reporting the cost of services provided to people who are not lawfully present in the United States.
The measure would cover public education from K-12 schools to colleges, along with prisons, hospitals and social service programs.
Under the bill, the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration would compile the information into an annual report.
Supporters say the proposal is aimed at transparency and understanding how taxpayer dollars are being spent. Critics, however, argue the bill raises serious concerns about both cost and impact.
Advocacy groups, including the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, say the bill could discourage families from seeking education, health care or other essential services, even when those services are legally required or available.
They also warn the reporting requirements could be expensive and difficult to implement, and note there is no clear estimate of how much it would cost agencies to track the data.
Has this been done before?
While some states and federal agencies have attempted to estimate the cost of services for undocumented immigrants, there is no consistent, nationwide system for tracking it in real time. Most existing data comes from studies or projections, not direct reporting by agencies.
Do lawmakers need a bill to do this?
Yes, in most cases. State agencies typically don’t collect immigration status data tied to service costs, in part due to legal, logistical, and privacy concerns. A law would likely be required to mandate that kind of reporting across multiple departments.
What would be done with the information?
The bill does not specify direct policy changes tied to the data, but similar efforts in other states have been used to inform budget decisions, fuel political debates over immigration policy, or justify changes to public benefits.
For opponents, that uncertainty is part of the concern.
What’s happening Wednesday
The bill is scheduled to be heard in the House Local Government Committee Wednesday afternoon.
Organizers are calling on supporters to attend and speak out against the proposal, warning it could have a chilling effect on immigrant communities across Tennessee. Lawmakers could vote to advance the bill out of committee or delay it for further discussion.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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TN Lottery Mega Millions, Cash 3 Morning winning numbers for March 17, 2026
The Tennessee Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at March 17, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Mega Millions numbers from March 17 drawing
04-11-18-38-50, Mega Ball: 24
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Winning Cash 3 numbers from March 17 drawing
Morning: 3-8-0, Wild: 9
Midday: 1-7-7, Wild: 9
Evening: 6-8-2, Wild: 7
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Winning Cash 4 numbers from March 17 drawing
Morning: 3-7-0-5, Wild: 5
Midday: 5-0-7-9, Wild: 8
Evening: 6-6-3-6, Wild: 2
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Winning Daily Tennessee Jackpot numbers from March 17 drawing
07-09-22-24-36
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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from March 17 drawing
03-04-09-48-55, Bonus: 02
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Tennessee Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.
For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at Tennessee Lottery offices. By mail, send a winner claim form, winning lottery ticket, a copy of a government-issued ID and proof of social security number to P.O. Box 290636, Nashville, TN 37229. Prize claims less than $600 do not require a claim form. Please include contact information on prizes claimed by mail in the event we need to contact you.
To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a winner claim form and deliver the form, along with the ticket and government-issued ID and proof of social security number to any of these locations:
Nashville Headquarters & Claim Center: 26 Century Blvd., Nashville, TN 37214, 615-254-4946 in the (615) and (629) area, 901-466-4946 in the (901) area, 865-512-4946 in the (865) area, 423-939-7529 in the (423) area or 1-877-786-7529 (all other areas in Tennessee). Outside Tennessee, dial 615-254-4946. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes of any amount.
Knoxville District Office: Cedar Springs Shopping Center, 9298 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922, (865) 251-1900. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Chattanooga District Office: 2020 Gunbarrel Rd., Suite 106, Chattanooga, TN 37421, (423) 308-3610. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Memphis District Office: Chiles Plaza, 7424 U.S. Highway 64, Suite 104, Memphis, TN 38133, (901) 322-8520. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.
Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://tnlottery.com/.
When are the Tennessee Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10:00 p.m. CT Tuesday and Friday.
- Cash4Life: 9:15 p.m. CT daily.
- Cash 3, 4: Daily at 9:28 a.m. (Morning) and 12:28 p.m. CT (Midday), except for Sunday. Evening game daily, seven days a week, at 6:28 p.m. CT.
- Daily Tennessee Jackpot: 9:00 p.m. CT daily.
- Tennessee Cash: 10:34 p.m. CT Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
- Powerball Double Play: 10:30 p.m. CT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 10:15 p.m. CT daily.
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Bristol, Tennessee family’s lawsuit against police, paramedics over use of force dismissed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police officers and paramedics used excessive force on a 23-year-old man having a seizure and failed to give him access to medical care has been dismissed.
A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of the city of Bristol and the officers and paramedics, who argued the statute of limitations had expired by the time the family of Austin Hunter Turner filed the lawsuit over his 2017 death.
His death was one of more than 1,000 nationally that an investigation led by The Associated Press identified as happening after police officers used physical force or weapons that were supposed to stop, but not kill, people.
Turner’s mother, Karen Goodwin, filed the lawsuit in 2024 after AP reporters shared police body-camera video they had found. His mother had not seen the video, which made the family doubt the autopsy report conclusion that he died of a multiple drug toxicity. An attorney for the family said they intend to appeal the decision.
The lawsuit focused on how the video contradicted the police version of what happened inside Turner’s apartment after his girlfriend called 911 for medical help.
Attorneys representing the city of Bristol, which shares a state line with Virginia, the paramedics and some of the officers involved declined to comment when reached by the AP on Tuesday.
The officers had said they shocked him with a Taser and physically restrained him face down because he was fighting paramedics. The lawsuit says the video shows Turner was not punching or kicking and he was not disobeying the paramedics because he was in the middle of a seizure.
The lawsuit says the video shows police and paramedics put “significant pressure on the back of Mr. Turner’s head and upper back while Turner was face-down, in the prone position, with a spit sock covering his airway, hands cuffed behind his back and legs shackled.”
David Randolph Smith, an attorney for Turner’s mother, said in a statement to the AP they respectfully disagree with the judge’s interpretation of when the statute of limitations began.
“In our case, the state’s official autopsy affirmatively and incorrectly attributed Austin’s death to ‘multiple drug toxicity as a consequence of recreational drug use’ and it was not until 2023 – when bodycamera footage surfaced and a forensic pathologist reviewed the evidence — that Karen Goodwin first learned restraintinduced asphyxia, not drugs, caused his death,” said Smith, the family’s attorney in a statement. “We intend to appeal and will ask the Court of Appeals to hold that families in this position are entitled to their day in court when they could not reasonably have discovered the true cause of death until long after the fact, through no fault of their own, but because of misinformation and omissions by government actors.”
The AP’s investigation found that in the cases they analyzed, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people, such as pinning people face down in ways that could restrict their breathing or stunning them repeatedly with Tasers.
Attorneys for the city, police and paramedics argued that because Goodwin was present in the apartment and was aware that the officers were using force on her son, she only had one year from that day to file the lawsuit.
Goodwin’s attorneys said the case involved a cover-up that would change the date when the family had to file a lawsuit. They tried to argue that clock shouldn’t start until AP reporters shared the police video with the family in August 2023, as part of their investigation with FRONTLINE (PBS) and the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University.
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Who should Tennessee root for in March Madness First Four between SMU vs Miami (Ohio)?
Tennessee basketball has to wait before knowing its opponent in the NCAA Tournament.
The Vols (22-11) earned a No. 6 seed in March Madness. They’ll match up with the winner of a First Four game between two No. 11 seeds, Miami of Ohio (31-1) and SMU (20-13), who will play at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, on March 18 (9:15 p.m. ET, TruTV).
The winner plays Tennessee at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on March 20 (4:25 p.m. ET, TBS).
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Here’s why we think the Vols should pull for Miami (Ohio) in their First Four matchup vs. SMU.
Miami (Ohio) has no record against power conference opponents
Miami (Ohio) had a historic regular season run with a 31-0 record, but it didn’t consistently play against top competition. The RedHawks didn’t have any games against power conference opponents, and it only played two NCAA Tournament teams in No. 12 Akron (29-5) and No. 13 Wright State (23-11).
While SMU had an 8-10 record in the ACC, the Mustangs regularly contended with some of the top teams in the country. They earned two big conference wins over North Carolina and Louisville, and added a victory over Mississippi State of the SEC. SMU only lost by four points to Louisville (without second-leading scorer Mikel Brown Jr.) in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
Tennessee can bully Miami (Ohio) on the interior
The RedHawks’ frontcourt consists of 6-foot-9 center Antoine Woolfolk, 6-8 forward Brant Byers and 6-8 forward Almar Alatson, who comes off the bench. Eian Elmer, a 6-6 guard, leads the RedHawks with six rebounds per game. As a team, Miami (Ohio) totaled 35.5 rebounds per game, but averaged a league-worst 8.3 offensive rebounds per contest.
Starting guards Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Nate Ament may be the stars of Tennessee, but the Vols’ identity is rooted in the post. J.P. Estrella and Felix Okpara both come close to 7-feet, yet the 6-10 Ament leads the Vols with 6.6 rebounds per game. Jaylen Carey and DeWayne Brown II, both 6-8 forwards, platoon off the bench.
Tennessee is third in the nation in total rebounds with 42.6 per game and is second in offensive rebounds at 16, essentially doubling the RedHawks. The Vols already lean heavily on their frontcourt in SEC play, and would do so even more against Miami (Ohio).
Miami (Ohio) luck may be running out
Nine of the RedHawks’ wins were determined by five points or less. They went 4-0 in overtime, and their final three wins were all decided by two points. The late game luck for Miami (Ohio) dried up in the MAC Tournament, when it lost 87-83 to UMass in the quarterfinals.
The Vols are overdue for some late game magic. They are 4-7 in games decided by five points or less and had one-score losses Syracuse, Alabama and twice against Kentucky.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: wynton.jackson@knoxnews.com
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