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Nine days until it is football time in Tennessee
Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in nine days.
The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest.
2024 will be the fourth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and guided the Vols to three bowl games.
The Vols finished 9-4 (4-4 SEC) last season.
With nine days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 9.
All time players to wear No. 9 at Tennessee:
Chick McGeehan (1967)
George Hunt (1968-71)
Jim Gaylor (1975-77)
Mitch Sims (1979-81)
Mark Hogan (1982-83)
Vince Carter (1984-86)
Derrick Folsom (1987-89)
Orion McCants (1990)
Steve Session (1992)
Tori Noel (1994-97)
Kevin Taylor (1998)
Josh Plemons (1997-2000)
Steven Marsh (1999-2002)
Bret Smith (2004-06)
Bram Cannon (2008)
Daryl Vereen (2008-11)
Sam Ctanford (20012)
Daniel Gray (2012)
Reggie Juin (2013)
Derek Barnett (2014-16)
Von Pearson (2014-15)
Marquez Callaway (2016)
Tim Jordan (2017-19)
Garrett Johnson (2018-19)
Tyler Baron (2020-23)
Jimmy Calloway (2020)
Ramel Keyton (2023)
*Source: 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide
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Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee's political maps discriminate against communities of color
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judicial panel has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tennessee’s U.S. House maps and those for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
“In sum, the complaint alleges facts that are consistent with a racial gerrymander,” stated the ruling, which was issued Wednesday. “But the facts are also consistent with a political gerrymander.”
The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state’s few Democratic strongholds.
The lawsuit also challenged state Senate District 31 in majority-Black Shelby County, including part of Memphis, using similar arguments and saying that the white voting age population went up under the new maps. A Republican now holds that seat.
However, the three federal judges who wrote the ruling argued there was another clear motivation behind Tennessee’s Republican state legislative supermajority by pointing to “naked partisanship” as the likely “straightforward explanation.”
In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disputes over partisan gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts are none of its business, limiting those claims to state courts under their own constitutions and laws. Most recently, the high court upheld South Carolina’s congressional map in a 6-3 decision that said the state General Assembly did not use race to draw districts based on the 2020 Census.
In Tennessee’s case, the plaintiffs included the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, the Equity Alliance, the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and several Tennessee voters, including former Democratic state Sen. Brenda Gilmore.
After Nashville was splintered into three congressional districts, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville declined to seek reelection, claiming he couldn’t win under the new layout. Ultimately, Rep. John Rose won reelection by about 33 percentage points, Rep. Mark Green won another term by 22 points, and Rep. Andy Ogles won his first term by 13 points in the district vacated by Cooper.
Tennessee now has eight Republicans in the U.S. House, with just one Democrat left in Memphis Rep. Steve Cohen.
In the original complaint, the plaintiffs argued that all three of the “candidates of choice” for minority voters lost their congressional bids in the Nashville area in 2022.
The judges countered that the lawsuit had to “more than plausibly allege that Tennessee’s legislators knew that their Republican-friendly map would harm voters who preferred Democratic candidates—including the higher percentage of minority voters who preferred those candidates.”
The judges did reject Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s argument that the plaintiffs had waited too long to file their challenge and also declared that the plaintiffs did not have to come up with their own map in their legal challenge. In their dismissal, the judges said the complaint could be refiled over the next 30 days as long as it was amended to “plausibly disentangle race from politics.”
Republicans celebrated the ruling, with House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s office issuing a statement saying they were “happy to have resolution on this matter so that we can focus on what’s ahead for Tennessee.”
Notably, the ruling briefly weighed in on ongoing controversies that have surrounded the Republican-dominant Statehouse, where Democrats have alleged racial discrimination in both the legislative policies enacted and actions that their GOP colleagues have taken recently.
Ranging from the brief expulsion of two young Black Democratic lawmakers to passing legislation aimed at slashing the left-leaning Nashville’s city council, the plaintiffs’ complaint provided several examples that they claimed as evidence of a “discriminatory motive.”
The court countered that the examples had “little to do with redistricting” but did note that they suggest the “possibility of misconduct.”
Meanwhile, Tennessee’s state legislative maps still face another lawsuit on state constitutional grounds.
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Alzheimer's Tennessee holds open house for new Jackson suite – WBBJ TV
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JACKSON, Tenn. — Residents had the opportunity to learn more on how one group is helping those with Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s Tennessee invited the community to join them for an open house Wednesday at their new suite located at 38 Old Hickory Cove, Suite E250 in Jackson.
The event provided an opportunity for the public to tour the new space and learn more about the organization’s mission to support those facing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
“Opportunities are growing for us. We’re able to reach more communities. Right now we’re serving all 21 counties across the West Tennessee region and we are a state-wide organization, so when a little bit more space came available for us to continue to build out our programs and services, it was a win win,” explained Amanda Leitch. Leitch is the West Tennessee regional director for Alzheimer’s Tennessee.
Leaders with Alzheimer’s Tennessee say they’re dedicated to serving families, offering community education, and advocating for research in prevention and treatment.
They will be holding their first monthly support group in their new office starting in October.
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Tennessee students urged to participate in Secretary of State’s mock election for Nov. 5 election – WBBJ TV
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PRESS RELEASE FROM TENNESSEE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee students will soon have the opportunity to make their voices heard in the upcoming Secretary of State’s 2024 Tennessee Student Mock Election.
“Through their participation in the Tennessee Student Mock Election, students have a unique opportunity to see how registered voters in Tennessee select their elected officials,” said Secretary of State Tre Hargett. “This experience enables our next generation of leaders to become civically engaged, so they eventually become lifelong voters.”
The Tennessee Student Mock Election is a non-partisan, educational experience that gives students a chance to learn about the process of selecting elected officials. It is open to all Tennessee students in Pre-K through 12th grade from public, private, or home school associations.
Registration is now open, and schools can begin reporting their election results on the first day of Tennessee’s early voting period — Oct. 16. The final day to submit results is Oct. 29.
The Secretary of State’s office provides all materials for participating schools — including printable mock ballots, “I Voted” stickers and a Tennessee Student Mock Election “I Voted” sign that students can use in photos on social media platforms.
Launched by the Secretary of State’s office in 2016, more than 50,940 students from 285 schools participated in the most recent mock election held in 2022. The mock election is one of the Secretary of State’s longstanding civics education initiatives to prepare students to be actively engaged citizens.
For more information about the 2024 Tennessee Student Mock Election and other civic engagement initiatives, please visit sos.tn.gov/civics.
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