NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release: Honorees, performers, presenters, and special guests took over downtown Nashville's Lower Broadway on Wednesday as they arrived at the historic honky tonk, Robert's Western World, for the ACM Honors Red Carpet ahead of the 17th ACM Honors show at the Ryman Auditorium. Performers and presenters took the stage to tribute this year's Honorees Walt Aldridge, Tony Brown, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Shannon  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Today, America First Legal (AFL), partnering with the States of Texas and Idaho, along with a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming-filed an urgent lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 23 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: FLORENCE, Ala. -- Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors approved a 5.25% rate increase for customers of the federal utility. This increase is on top of the 4.5% increase approved last year. TVA is planning one of the largest gas buildouts of any utility in the nation, replacing aging coal plants with methane gas plants. Though TVA did not give a rationale or provide suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: "Robby Starbuck is so radical the Tennessee Republican party kicked him off the ballot. Companies should not be cowering to a random guy with zero business experience who is a political bully and election denier. These shortsighted decisions also have long term consequences. Hastily abandoning efforts that ensure fair, safe, and inclusive work environments for LGBTQ+ people based on manufac  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: SUFFOLK, VA Aug. 20, 2024--Last week, the Nansemond Indian Nation regained ownership of 71 acres of its ancestral homelands, a significant milestone for the Nation and the national Land Back Movement, which aims to return ownership of Native lands to Native peoples. The site, known as Mattanock is located on the banks of the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. It is considered the cultural heart of the Nation,   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors voted to increase its base power rates by 5.25 percent at its meeting on Thursday, the second rate hike the federal utility has authorized in just 12 months. Combined, these add up to a nearly 10 percent increase in power bills for families across the Tennessee Valley. The rate hikes come as TVA is planning to reckl  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news on Aug. 21, 2024: Florence, AL -- Today the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors held a public listening session at the Marriott Shoals Hotel Conference Center. Mike Knotts, CEO of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, addressed the board during the listening session, and a readout of his comments is below. Marriott Shoals Hotel Conference Center | Florence, AL | 2:00 p.  more