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Murfreesboro is a city in,and county seat of,Rutherford County,Tennessee,United States. The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census,up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee,34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville.
Bill Ketron,Jr. is a Tennessee politician who was the Mayor of Rutherford County,previously serving as a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 13th district,which was composed of Lincoln,Marshall,and Maury counties,as well as part of Rutherford County from 2003 to his resignation in 2018. He won the August 2 general election for mayor and assumed office on September 1,2018,resigning from the Senate on the previous day. In the May 3,2022 Republican primary,Ketron lost reelection to former state representative Joe Carr,who went on to win the general election to succeed him.
Stones River Town Centre is a partially enclosed regional shopping mall in Murfreesboro,Tennessee,United States. Built in 1992,it was expanded and renovated in the late 2000s. The mall comprises more than fifty stores. The mall is owned and managed by Sterling Organization. The anchor stores are Shoe Carnival,Books-A-Million,Electronic Express,AMC Theatres,Strike &Spare,JCPenney,and Dillard's.
Shelbyville Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four miles north of the central business district of Shelbyville,a city in Bedford County,Tennessee,United States.
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Mark Eric Bell is an American journalist who reported primarily on public safety and criminal court issues as a full-time staff reporter at The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro between April 2008 and June 2013. His articles have also appeared in The Tennessean in Nashville and the internationally-distributed newspaper,USA Today. Bell has also appeared on national television. He is currently working as a Development Director and public relations manager for not-for-profit Journeys in Community Living,an organization that serves adults with intellectual disabilities.
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Grant Everett Starrett is an American real estate developer and conservative attorney who resides in Murfreesboro,Tennessee. He was a Republican candidate for Congress in Tennessee’s 4th District in 2016. He lost.
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Shane Reeves is an American businessman,pharmacist and politician who is the State Senator for the 14th District of Tennessee,which is composed of Bedford County,Moore County,Lincoln County,Marshall County,and part of Rutherford County. Reeves campaigned as a conservative Republican in the Tennessee State Senate District 14 Special Election in 2018. The special election was mandated because of a vacant seat created by Jim Tracy's acceptance of Tennessee Director for Rural Development with the Trump Administration. Jim Tracy endorsed Shane Reeves. Prior to entering politics,Reeves co-owned Reeves-Sain Drug Store in Murfreesboro,TN,and after selling in 2015,he founded Twelvestone Health Partners in 2016.
Charlie Baum is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 37 (Murfreesboro) since November 6,2018. Baum is also a professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University.
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Bryan Terry is an American doctor and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,he has represented the 48th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in eastern Murfreesboro,since 2015. He is the only Native American serving in the chamber.
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Robert Stevens is an American politician from Tennessee. He is a Republican and represents District 13 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
The Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act,also known as the Tennessee drag ban,was an anti-drag bill,which banned public "adult cabaret performance" in public or in front of children in the state of Tennessee. The act was vague in what it considered an "adult cabaret performance" although it defined it as a "male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest."
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