NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.

"I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation," the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is "great," but he thinks it "needs help."

2. FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris' debate - Friday, September 6, 2024

In their first and perhaps only debate, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris described the state of the country in distinctly different ways. As the two traded jabs, some old false and misleading claims emerged along with some new ones.

3. AP Top 25 Reality Check: SEC takeover could last a while with few nonconference challenges left - Friday, September 6, 2024

The Southeastern Conference has taken over The Associated Press college football poll, grabbing six of the first seven spots.

The 16-team SEC set a new standard for hoarding high AP Top 25 rankings, with Georgia at No. 1, No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Mississippi, No. 6 Missouri and No. 7 Tennessee. Half of the top 16 comes from the SEC.

4. Stites & Harbison hires business litigator - Friday, April 19, 2024

Bridget A. Stewart is joining the business litigation service group at Stites & Harbison, PLLC.

Stewart’s practice focuses on general business and commercial litigation including product liability, professional liability and creditors’ rights matters.

5. Better to honor books, writings than ban them - Friday, January 19, 2024

Mark these words well, because this is the first – and quite likely last – time you will see them from me: Kudos to State Rep. Gino Bulso.

Bulso, a freshman Republican from Brentwood, has compiled an impressive record of legislative malpractice in his short time in office. More about that coming soon. But for now, the positive: Bulso has introduced a bill to designate Tennessee’s official state book.

6. Baker Donelson adds 8 Nashville associates - Friday, January 5, 2024

Baker Donelson has added 32 associates across the firm, including eight in Nashville. They are:

• Daniel Abrams, who advises health care clients in all aspects of corporate governance issues and mergers and acquisitions. He is a graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law and Colby College.

7. Predictions for the new year: It’s still Swift’s world - Friday, December 29, 2023

As 2023 slinks into history, a few bold – and in some cases, wishful – predictions for 2024:

• Taylor Swift, adding to her Time Person of the Year designation, is named Muggle of the Year by the Harry Potter Fan Club. The honor comes with a replica magic wand which, when Swift wields it, works.

8. Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT were all women who were relatively new in their positions.

9. Expel George Santos? GOP leaders aren't ready to take that step - Friday, May 12, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear that they intend to let the legal process play out with New York Rep. George Santos before they take steps to force his resignation or expel him.

10. Debt deadline: White House meeting set, but no solution yet - Friday, April 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the risk of a an unprecedented U.S. government default by month's end, President Joe Biden has invited the top four congressional leaders to face-to-face talks at the White House next week.

11. Congress to consider new no-fly list for unruly passengers - Friday, March 24, 2023

U.S. Senate and House members proposed a new no-fly list for unruly passengers on Wednesday, an idea that was pushed by airline unions but failed to gain traction last year.

The legislation would let the Transportation Security Administration ban people convicted or fined for assaulting or interfering with airline crew members.

12. Investigation? Review? Biden faces a messaging dilemma - Friday, January 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton was running for president, her campaign wanted a gentler way to talk about the criminal investigation into her private email server, so they called it a "security review."

13. Amazon to make big business changes in EU settlement - Friday, December 16, 2022

Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible choices when buying products and, for Prime members, more delivery options, European Union regulators said Tuesday.

14. Company starting to recover oil from Keystone pipeline spill - Friday, December 9, 2022

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The company operating a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs' worth of oil into a Kansas creek during a test for potential problems is recovering at least a small portion of the crude.

15. Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation - Friday, August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, Congress is poised to approve President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act. Its title raises a tantalizing question: Will the measure actually tame the price spikes that have inflicted hardships on American households?

16. Biden, Republicans spar over impact of Dems' economic plan - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats call it the "Inflation Reduction Act." Republicans say it's a "tax and spending spree." And everyone has a study they say proves it.

Recent bipartisan action in Congress on matters ranging from producing computer chips to expanding NATO isn't extending to the latest economic package from Democrats, which is generating a battle of dueling statistics and projections over whether it would help or hurt the economy.

17. Biden, Republicans spar over impact of Dems' economic plan - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats call it the "Inflation Reduction Act." Republicans say it's a "tax and spending spree." And everyone has a study they say proves it.

Recent bipartisan action in Congress on matters ranging from producing computer chips to expanding NATO isn't extending to the latest economic package from Democrats, which is generating a battle of dueling statistics and projections over whether it would help or hurt the economy.

18. GOP targets for Dem bill: Inflation, taxes, Manchin, Sinema - Friday, August 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking, and two opposition senators as prime targets, in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate.

19. Dems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs - Friday, July 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs. Now, a Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month.

20. NCAA reaches a key moment as transgender laws multiply - Friday, May 7, 2021

The NCAA has reached a delicate moment: It must decide whether to punish states that have passed laws limiting the participation of transgender athletes by barring them from hosting its softball and baseball tournaments.

21. Biden's corporate tax plan takes aim at income inequality - Friday, April 30, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — From John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, American presidents have taken aim at corporate America's tax-avoidance schemes before — and mostly missed.

22. Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax - Friday, April 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration's proposed increase in the U.S. corporate tax rate.

23. Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market - Friday, March 5, 2021

Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son.

The pay was steady and solid — enough to pay her bills and still have money left over to sock away for a savings account for her child. Montanez liked her co-workers and felt pride in her work.

24. Biden seeks to go big, fast and alone on COVID relief - Friday, February 5, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden laid out his case Friday for moving fast and without Republicans, if necessary, to pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief, armed with new signs of economic strain brought on by the continuing pandemic.

25. Stuck in DC, Biden team pitches rest of US on big virus aid - Friday, February 5, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as President Joe Biden meets with senators and works the phones with Capitol Hill to push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, his team is increasingly focused on selling the plan directly to voters.

26. Different types of gambling, media converging for growth - Friday, January 22, 2021

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The many different types of gambling are quickly coming together with each other and with media outlets — and Wall Street is taking notice.

Casino gambling, internet gambling, sports betting and daily fantasy sports are no longer separate silos with unique audiences: Gambling companies are increasingly combining them and partnering with media companies to expand the reach of gambling.

27. Trump's $2,000 checks all but dead as GOP Senate refuses aid - Friday, December 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19  relief checks all but died Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to fail.

28. AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP distort on health care, vote fraud, more - Friday, August 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care as fellow Republicans opened their convention with speeches distorting the agenda of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

29. Guthrie honors man who did ‘so much good’ for others - Friday, November 29, 2019

Red-tailed hawks soar over the town tucked along Ewing Street in the Southern Kentucky farmland where the James Gang (with Jesse, not Joe Walsh) visited, where Robert Penn Warren was raised, tossing rocks and having fun with future major league pitcher Kent Greenfield, and where Bill Longhurst spent his life casting a giant shadow of wisdom, hometown pride and love.

30. Democrats: Trump should demand Senate vote on gun bill - Friday, August 2, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Donald Trump is serious about strengthening gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings, he should demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put a House-passed bill strengthening background checks up for a vote, congressional Democrats said Monday.

31. Trump administration considering tax break on capital gains - Friday, July 27, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is studying the idea of implementing a big tax break for wealthy Americans by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains, but no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed.

32. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for May 2018 - Friday, June 29, 2018

Top commercial real estate sales, May 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

33. Sex Week seems tame compared to Legislature's antics - Friday, April 20, 2018

Why should UT Knoxville be limited to its annual Sex Week when Tennessee legislators are celebrating year-round?

Based on the scurrilous reports published in these parts over the last couple of years, state legislators are doing more than collecting per diems in Nashville, and there’s plenty of evidence to prove it.

34. Senate committee nixes 4 UT Board appointees - Friday, April 13, 2018

One of Gov. Bill Haslam’s main legislative pushes has run afoul of a Legislature angry about everything from Sex Week at the University of Tennessee to the handling of the football coach hiring at the Knoxville campus.

35. Why Trump's effort to curb immigration could hurt US economy - Friday, February 23, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's 21st century job market increasingly demands high-tech skills and knowledge. Yet consider this: Nearly half the new jobs the government foresees emerging by 2026 will require only a high school diploma — or none at all.

36. Clemmons: UT football fiasco at heart of Haslam's plan to shrink Board - Friday, February 23, 2018

Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to shake up the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees is getting blitzed by legislators, some contending it’s linked to the hiring of the Tennessee Vols football coach.

37. US industries can start counting their benefits from tax law - Friday, December 22, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Craft breweries are raising a glass to the Republicans' new tax overhaul: It cuts the excise tax on beer. Retailers, long saddled with heavy tax bills, will get relief. So will some high-profile names in corporate finance, led by Wells Fargo.

38. Haslam considering changes to UT Board of Trustees - Friday, December 22, 2017

Gov. Bill Haslam is considering reducing the number University of Tennessee Board of Trustees members and trimming the number of finalists presented for top leadership positions in the UT system, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally has confirmed.

39. A sweeping tax plan with promises that face widespread doubts - Friday, December 15, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix a tax code that stifles business investment, keeps trillions in corporate profits languishing overseas and slows the American economy.

40. Black's UT coaching tweet draws call from Jimmy Haslam - Friday, December 1, 2017

NASHVILLE (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Diane Black received a phone call from prominent University of Tennessee football booster Jimmy Haslam, the brother of Gov. Bill Haslam and owner of the Cleveland Browns, after she posted a tweet bemoaning the school's first choice to become the school's next football coach.

41. AP Source: Leach meets with Tennessee AD about coaching job - Friday, December 1, 2017

Washington State football coach Mike Leach met with Tennessee athletic director John Currie on Thursday to discuss the Volunteers' coaching vacancy, according to a person with direct knowledge of the meeting.

42. Tennessee’s football search claims another casualty - Friday, December 1, 2017

Tennessee football isn’t what it used to be. Nor is the attraction of being UT’s football coach. It became more and more apparent this week as now-"suspended" UT athletics director John Currie tried to hire his first football coach as an AD.

43. Tennessee no longer pursuing Schiano after protests - Friday, November 24, 2017

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee is no longer pursuing Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be the school's new head coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

The person spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity because none of the negotiations were intended to be made public until a deal was reached.

44. GOP tax plan may offer little aid for many in middle class - Friday, November 3, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have stressed that the tax plan they unveiled Thursday is tailored to benefit America's middle class. Just how much it would remains uncertain based on the details that have been provided so far.

45. The pros and cons of privatizing air traffic control - Friday, June 2, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. air traffic control system, the world's largest and most complex, is in the midst of an era of unsurpassed safety. There has not been a fatal crash of a domestic passenger airliner in the U.S. in eight years.

46. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for Dec. 2016 - Friday, January 20, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, December 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

47. Dobbs had a great run, but Manning is still No. 1 UT QB - Friday, January 6, 2017

Tennessee senior Joshua Dobbs has created a quarterback controversy.

Dobbs finished his college career Dec. 30 when UT beat Nebraska 38-24 in the Music City Bowl in Nashville. He accounted for 409 total yards – 291 passing and 118 yards rushing – and was chosen the game’s MVP.

48. Legal Aid Society picks new president, board - Friday, July 29, 2016

Robert “Bob” J. Martineau Jr., commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, has been selected as president of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands.

49. Estate sale pickers get piece of picker’s life - Friday, June 10, 2016

By the time the antique dealer from Leiper’s Fork finishes digging and winching to freedom the bronze statue that Tammy Wynette had installed decades ago in the red dirt of this Oak Hill front yard, I had talked about The Beverly Hillbillies, admired the office and desk where Louise Scruggs spent a day chasing Bob Dylan for me and culled through Earl Scruggs’ record collection with the thoughtful guidance of one of Nashville’s best upright bassists.

50. Real Deal Bar-B-Q: A legacy for future generations - Friday, February 12, 2016

The Vietnam-era Marine chomps into a jumbo bun bursting with barbecued pulled pork he’s nursed to perfection for the generations, literally, at his restaurant just off the Clarksville Highway.

51. North Texas could never upset the Vols, right? - Friday, November 13, 2015

No way Tennessee’s football team can lose Saturday’s homecoming game against North Texas, one of the worst teams in college football.

Right?

Tennessee (5-4) was a 40.5-point favorite early in the week coming off a 27-24 victory over South Carolina last Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

52. Reveiz know what Vols need to snap streak against Alabama - Friday, October 23, 2015

Tennessee place-kicker Fuad Reveiz was anxious and nervous much of the week leading up the Vols’ game against Alabama on Oct. 16, 1982.

It was a tall order for the Vols.

Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant had an 11-game winning streak against UT. The Crimson Tide was 5-0, ranked No. 2 in the country and coming off a 42-21 victory against then-No. 3 Penn State.

53. Burr & Forman adds partner, continues expansion - Friday, September 25, 2015

Burr & Forman LLP has added C. Tucker Herndon as partner in its Nashville office, building upon the firm’s continued expansion in Middle Tennessee. Herndon’s arrival follows the addition of 15 attorneys in early 2015 to its Nashville office, which has more than doubled its attorney count to 26 attorneys.

54. Study shows employers shifting more medical costs to workers - Friday, September 18, 2015

Employers are leaving a bigger chunk of the bill for care to workers who use their health insurance, and benefits experts see few signs of this trend slowing.

Most companies now offer health coverage that requires employees to pay an annual deductible before insurance kicks in, and the size of that deductible has soared in the past decade, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust.

55. Jones still battling for medical marijuana - Friday, March 20, 2015

State Rep. Sherry Jones is continuing her push for legalization of medical marijuana in Tennessee after taking it further than ever in the legislative process last year.

“The driving force behind medical marijuana is simply people who have the serious diseases and injuries and would like to be able to use that so they can get through all of those issues feeling a little bit better,” says Jones, a Nashville Democrat.

56. Student debt, rising rents take bite out of real estate market - Friday, January 30, 2015

Hefty student loans are a major stumbling block for young Americans as they try to buy their first home, a National Association of Realtors’ annual survey shows.

In spite of an improved job market and low interest rates in 2014, the number of first-time homebuyers dipped to 33 percent, down 5 percent from the previous year and the lowest since the National Association of Realtors began tracking the rate in 1981.

57. A country drowning in student loan debt - Friday, January 30, 2015

Three and a-half years after graduating from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Yasameen Hoffman is still trying to land the kind of full-time job that will help her start paying off her student loan.

58. Freshman Barnett faces nation’s best in Iowa’s Scherff - Friday, December 19, 2014

KNOXVILLE – Derek Barnett is spending most of the Christmas holidays away from his Nashville home, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Instead, Barnett is focused on football with his teammates at the University of Tennessee (6-6), which plays Iowa (7-5) in the Jan. 2 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., now called the TaxSlayer Bowl.

59. Dobbs the latest in line of dual-threat UT quarterbacks - Friday, November 28, 2014

If the University of Tennessee’s football team gains bowl eligibility with a victory Saturday at Vanderbilt, it can look back to a quarterback change Oct. 25 against Alabama as a pivotal point in the season.

60. Top September 2014 residential real estate transactions - Friday, October 24, 2014

Top September 2014 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

61. Wellness programs grow more popular with employers - Friday, April 18, 2014

That little voice nagging you to put down the cake and lace up the running shoes is increasingly coming from your employer and is likely to grow louder with a looming change under the federal health care overhaul.

62. Real people, real need for medical marijuana - Friday, March 21, 2014

Patient advocates who are pulling for the passage of medical marijuana legislation and regulation in Tennessee want others to know that they aren’t a bunch of hippies looking for a buzz.

For them, cannabis is a true lifeline.

63. Poverty stuck at 15 percent _ record 46.5 million - Friday, September 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama's recovery plans.

64. J. Alexander’s promotes chief financial officer - Friday, August 16, 2013

J. Alexander’s LLC, operator of J. Alexander’s restaurants and Stoney River Legendary Steak restaurants, has announced the promotion of Mark A. Parkey to vice president and CFO. He was most recently vice president and controller of J. Alexander’s Corporation.

65. Obama picks restructuring expert to take over IRS - Friday, August 2, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen a retired corporate and government official with experience managing numerous organizations in crisis to take over an Internal Revenue Service under fire for screening of political groups.

66. Microsoft escalates advertising assault on Google - Friday, April 5, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.

67. Bass, Berry & Sims names new members - Friday, February 8, 2013

Former associates Wendee M. Hilderbrand, Michael J. Holley and Price W. Wilson have been elected to membership in the firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

68. Obama says he'll sign $50.5B Sandy aid bill soon - Friday, January 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he'll sign a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims as soon as it lands on his desk.

Three months after Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Obama chided lawmakers for taking their time to approve the funding even as he commended them for providing the long-awaited aid.

69. Brock is president, CEO of Launch Tennessee - Friday, January 18, 2013

Launch Tennessee, a public-private partnership focused on supporting the creation and development of high-growth companies in Tennessee, has named Charlie Brock as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer and Stuart McWhorter as the organization’s new vice chair.

70. Top Midstate residential real estate transactions for 2012 - Friday, January 18, 2013

Top 2012 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

71. Critics complain Sandy aid tied to other projects - Friday, January 11, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week.

72. Muslim man sues over having to remove cap - Friday, August 24, 2012

NASHVILLE (AP) - A Muslim man is suing a security company, claiming his religious rights were violated when its guards demanded he remove his cap before entering Nashville's Juvenile Justice Center.

73. Merrill returns as VUH chief of staff - Friday, April 6, 2012

Cardiothoracic surgeon Walter Merrill, M.D., a member of the Vanderbilt faculty from 1983 until 2002, has returned to Vanderbilt to become chief of staff of Vanderbilt University Hospital.

74. Oversight sought for 80+ community gardens - Friday, August 12, 2011

The dismantling of George W. Carver Food Park and community garden in April pitted neighbor against neighbor and – in the eyes of many -- cast the Tennessee Department of Transportation in the role of villain.