UT Interim President Randy Boyd is reorganizing the Knoxville campus, merging the Institute of Agriculture campus into UT-Knoxville and the chancellor of the Ag campus is being demoted to a …
Casada’s political wounds were self-inflicted
It is ironic that the crash of the triumphant House Speaker Glen Casada’s empire may have been the result of him and his minions being petty and vindictive. Imagine that. …
Chamber’s new Mike focused on growing business, economy
Mike Odom recalls that it was Halloween, waiting for his son to get into his costume, and he was fooling around with his smartphone when he saw a headline that …
The emperor’s new clothesline
I was just a kid, but I remember a bit of gossip that got the whole community outraged. We heard tell of a new fancy subdivision in town called Hickory …
The ‘talk’ has it a three-person race
Predicting a Knoxville mayoral election is often a slam-dunk. But this time around there are three major candidates, and in the next two months two of them will likely proceed …
Rodgers stays close to political action but stands apart
Cliff Rodgers has spent his adult life around politics without being very political. He worked for U.S. Sen. Howard Baker’s law firm, clerked for U.S. District Judge James Jarvis and …
Fake shock about Casada: They knew
There are some state legislators expressing shock about the scandals surrounding the man they elected speaker of the House in January. They want the voters to know that the legislature …
Leave Safety Building’s future to next mayor
The city of Knoxville has an extensive and comprehensive development agreement to build a science museum on the site of the current Safety Building. It is comprehensive and seems to …