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Recent press coverage featuring Senator Campbell
New plan would maintain local control over data centers — Axios - 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
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
Elon Musk plans to dig tunnels under Nashville in latest Boring venture — The Independent / AOL — 2025 (undated)
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
PHOTO: Blackburn Tours Memphis xAI Facilities — Office of Senator Marsha Blackburn — May 29, 2025
Heidi Campbell | A Note from a Tennessee Legislator — The Disruptive Quarterly — Q1 2025 (undated)
Lawmakers push bill aiming to solve Tennessee's recycling problems to 2026 — Tennessee Lookout — February 27, 2025
Tennessee Bill Would Make It Illegal to Vote Against Trump's Immigration Policies — Newsweek — January 30, 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