In Part 2 of our series, The Baker Influence, TruthWire examines allegations of political retaliation, paid access, anti-Trump alliances, and millions spent attacking David Hatley, raising questions about Ward Baker's power in a Blackburn administration.
Senate ethics scrutiny, staff recordings, and $2.6 million in campaign payments reveal Ward Baker's influence over Marsha Blackburn's political operation, raising questions about who would really wield power in a Blackburn administration.
Tennessee's early-voting data and new polling challenge assumptions about Republican loyalty. With a well-funded conservative independent in the race, voters classified as Strong GOP may not automatically support the Republican nominee.
Washington tied election security reforms to federal funding, but a judge struck down the conditions. From citizenship checks to paper ballots and manual audits, Tennessee still faces a question: Why wait for Washington to secure its own elections?
A 2021 vaccine incentive is being used to question David Hatley's plans as governor. In a direct response to TruthWire, Hatley rejects mandates. Meanwhile, the officials who controlled Tennessee's COVID rules face questions of their own.
Tennessee voters can read their printed ballots, but can they verify what voting machines actually count? From unreadable barcodes to equipment problems and failed legislation, questions remain about whether election results can be independently verified.
Tennessee ranks No. 1 for election integrity, but does that mean its elections are independently verifiable? From voting machines to audits and voter rolls, citizens are asking whether the state's safeguards work as well as its national ranking suggests.
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Kalshi donated $50,000 to a pro-Blackburn PAC while fighting Tennessee gambling regulators. With $3.6 million flowing through Team Tennessee PAC and Ward Baker's ties to a previous gambling controversy, is political influence for sale in Tennessee?
When political loyalty demands blind obedience, excuses wrongdoing, and punishes dissent, has the party become an idol? A biblical look at fear, power, and the danger of putting political allegiance ahead of faith, truth, and conscience.
Gubernatorial candidate Lauren Pinkston releases allegations from a former Blackburn staffer involving Ward Baker's influence, political interference, threats to local officials, and retaliation, raising new questions about Blackburn's Senate office.
A Williamson County complaint alleges ten voters illegally crossed party lines in the May Republican primary, including six election workers. The case raises questions about Tennessee's primary election law and whether officials will enforce it.
A post-Clancy cluster of mothers accused of killing or attacking their children raises a deeper question: what happens when a culture makes innocent life conditional, then centers sympathy and explanation on the person who destroys it?
Did Ross Perot really cost Bush the presidency in 1992, or did broken promises cost him voters? Tennessee's governor race revives that debate, but the state's Constitution tells a different story about political power, party loyalty and accountability.
Trump picked Samuel Adkisson for a lifetime federal judgeship, and Hagerty supports him. So why is Blackburn blocking his nomination? Is this about qualifications, political influence, a preferred candidate, or payback for Trump's withheld endorsement?
Veteran filmmaker Howie Klausner talks Hollywood’s shift toward Tennessee, the industry’s changing business model, faith-based filmmaking, Reagan, and why Nashville may help shape what comes next rather than simply absorb Hollywood culture.
Brandon Lewis’s case against David Hatley rests on real facts, but key context changes the picture. Closed-primary failures, disenfranchisement, immigration law and Hatley’s bankruptcy record tell a more complicated story.
A private Christian conference, a Pride festival in a public park, and two very different standards. Franklin offers a revealing look at how the victim-versus-victimizer worldview has permeated even the heart of Tennessee's Bible Belt.
A Columbia spa raid raises questions beyond politics: Who checked the licenses, who approved the lease, and what oversight existed before police arrived? TruthWire examines Tennessee’s safeguards and accountability for property owners and regulators.
Williamson County commissioners rejected a request to delay the Ascension LOI despite unresolved regulatory questions, constituent calls to wait, and a Sept. 18 deadline. The commission then voted 19–5 to move the deal forward.