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I believe in actually solving problems. Below is some of the coverage of what that's looked like in practice:
New plan would maintain local control over data centers — Axios Nashville — August 11, 2026
Gov predicts Tennessee will be a finalist for nuclear campus — Tennessee Lookout — August 4, 2026
Democratic senator asks TN governor for details about potential federal nuclear partnership — Tennessee Lookout — July 30, 2026
Democratic senator asks Tennessee governor for details about potential federal nuclear partnership — Chattanooga Times Free Press — July 30, 2026
Tennessee named finalist for federal partnership involving nuclear energy sites — Tennessee Lookout — July 30, 2026
Local Tennessee officials are putting data center plans on ice to consider regulations — Tennessee Lookout — June 15, 2026
Providers scramble as Tennessee tells sick, disabled immigrant kids they will lose healthcare — Tennessee Lookout — June 15, 2026
Fisk University backlash continues for data center proposal — The EDU Ledger — June 12, 2026
Nashville Zoo supporters, Fisk students and neighbors push back as AI fuels data center boom — NewsChannel 5 (WTVF) — June 11, 2026
Prominent Fisk University Alumni Protest Data Center Plan — Nashville Scene — June 11, 2026
Fisk alumni protest data center; courting airport control — Nashville Banner — June 11, 2026
Opposition to data center near Nashville Zoo grows as city plays catch-up — Axios Nashville — June 9, 2026
What to know about the data center planned for Nashville HBCU Fisk University's campus — WSMV — June 8, 2026
Over 160K sign petition opposing data center next to Nashville, TN Zoo; mayor weighs in — WKRN — June 6, 2026
Nashville Zoo says it's 'vehemently opposed' to proposed data center in South Nashville — WSMV — June 2, 2026
NAACP sues to stop Tennessee GOP gerrymander that dismantles majority-Black district — Democracy Docket — May 7, 2026
'Jim Crow on steroids': Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts — Democracy Docket — May 7, 2026
Tennessee legislature passes new congressional map, sparking protests and sharp debate on Capitol Hill — NewsChannel 5 (WTVF) — May 7, 2026
Tennessee Senate kills private-school voucher testing bill — Tennessee Lookout — April 22-23, 2026
Tennessee lawmakers look to expand low-income student voucher program — Tennessee Lookout — April 21, 2026
NAACP sues Elon Musk's xAI over Memphis data center air pollution — CNBC — April 14, 2026
Elon Musk's xAI, pollution and data centers - what you need to know about a Tennessee bill — WPLN News — April 9, 2026
A battle over data centers heats up along the Mississippi-Tennessee state line — Tennessee Lookout — March 18, 2026
Tennessee packaging EPR bill sidelined for 2026 — Packaging Dive / Waste Dive — March 12, 2026
TN Senate Majority Leader proposes 20-person, $5M oversight agency for Boring Company Tunnel — Tennessee Lookout / News From The States — February 25, 2026
Tennessee packaging EPR bill revamped with small business, county exemptions — Waste Dive — February 10, 2026
With landfills filling up, Tennessee legislature once again looks at recycling bills — Tennessee Lookout — January 26, 2026
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work — Nashville Banner — November 25, 2025
Tennessee advances Musk's tunnel project in Nashville as pushback mounts — WPLN News — October 7, 2025
State OKs downtown parking lot use for tunnel project — Nashville Post — July 31, 2025
Lawmaker: State will lease underground property for tunnel — Tennessee Lookout — July 30, 2025
Boring Company tunnel plan exposes tension between state, Nashville leaders - again — Yahoo News (syndicated) — July 29, 2025
Boring Company plans Tesla tunnel in Nashville — Nashville Banner — July 29, 2025
NAACP, others appeal xAI turbine permits for Memphis data center — Tennessee Lookout — July 17, 2025
Elon Musk plans to dig tunnels under Nashville in latest Boring venture — The Independent / AOL — 2025 (undated)
Over 200 Tennessee Pastors Slam Bill Targeting Immigrant Students — Newsweek — April 7-8, 2025
Lawmakers push bill aiming to solve Tennessee's recycling problems to 2026 — Tennessee Lookout — February 27, 2025
Tennessee Migrant Plan Sparks Backlash — Newsweek — February 25, 2025
Yes, Tennessee Bill Criminalizes Voting Against Trump Immigration Policy — Snopes — January 31, 2025
Tennessee Bill Would Make It Illegal to Vote Against Trump's Immigration Policies — Newsweek — January 30, 2025
Tennessee senators debate 'constitutionally suspect' bill — Nashville Banner — January 29, 2025
Bill criminalizing votes for immigrant sanctuary policies 'constitutionally suspect' — Tennessee Lookout — January 29, 2025
Heidi Campbell | A Note from a Tennessee Legislator — The Disruptive Quarterly — Q1 2025 (undated)
Campbell's gun control bills: Liability over restrictions — Nashville Banner — January 8, 2025
Turning waste into jobs: Sen. Heidi Campbell introduces bill to boost jobs, cut costs through expanded recycling — Medium / Tennessee Senate Democrats — December 17, 2024
TN lawmaker to propose bill aimed at reducing waste, adding jobs — WSMV — December 17, 2024
Incumbent Campbell tops Rampy in Senate District 20 — Tennessee Lookout — November 6, 2024
Legislator Spotlight: Senator Heidi Campbell, Tennessee — National Caucus of Environmental Legislators — May 9, 2024
Audit finds 'management failures' at DCS put children at risk — NewsChannel5 — December 13, 2023
Democratic state senator hits back on governor's school choice expansion — Fox News — December 4, 2023
TN State Senator on Nashville shooting: ‘We don’t need thoughts and prayers’ — MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) — March 27, 2023
Drag Shows — WSMV-Nashville4 — February 10, 2023
'Calls of desperation' to fix problems at Tennessee's Department of Children's Services — WKRN — October 18, 2022
Heidi Campbell Earns LCV Action Fund Endorsement to Fight for Tennessee Communities in Congress — League of Conservation Voters — October 2022 / March 2023
In Nashville, it's against the law to live in a tent on public land. Is that the best way to deal with homelessness? — CNN — August 9, 2022
Tennessee governor's education funding plan passes legislature — Chalkbeat Tennessee — April 28, 2022
State, city leaders respond to bill that makes camping on public, state property illegal — Fox 17 — April 15, 2022
This Nashville student learned about legislative process as he advocated for Student Voter Act — Tennessean — April 10, 2022
The Fight Over 'Maus' Is Part of a Bigger Cultural Battle in Tennessee — New York Times — March 4, 2022
Featured in "INSIDE POLITICS" — News Channel 5 Nashville — March 4, 2022
Washington County Democratic Party annual dinner — Johnson City Press — March 4, 2022
New public school funding formula — The Exchange: Cheatham County's Local Newspaper — February 28, 2022
Lawmakers hope to stop TWRA's plan to clear cut forest in White County — News Channel 5 Nashville — February 2, 2022
Tennessee lawmakers introduce bill to oust Rutherford County’s juvenile court judge, subject of WPLN investigation — WPLN News 90.3 — January 17, 2022
Tennessee Lawmakers Question COVID-19 Special Session — TN Patch — December 2, 2021
'It's emotionally exhausting': Tennessee's Children's Services workers express frustration in workload, leadership — Tennessean — August 5, 2021
Republican lawmakers threaten to dissolve Health Department over child vaccines — Tennessee Lookout — June 17, 2021
Bill banning 'dark money' in elections passes Tennessee Senate — The Center Square — April 14, 2021
Tennessee ranks near bottom of CDC list for vaccine distribution per capita — Fox 17 WZTV Nashville — March 8, 2021
Lawmakers approve $8M more for education contract amid commissioner’s potential conflict — Tennessee Lookout — January 8, 2021
Democrat Heidi Campbell Unseats Incumbent State Sen. Steve Dickerson — WPLN News — November 4, 2020
Oak Hill Mayor Heidi Campbell Wins Democratic Primary for Nashville Senate Seat — Nashville Scene — August 2020