NEW YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's company discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what is being called the second-largest redlining settlement in history.

2. Feds: Illegal dumping in Houston may violate civil rights - Friday, July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Friday it is investigating illegal dumping in Houston, including dead bodies and medical waste, that officials said is plaguing Black and Latino neighborhoods in the nation's fourth largest city.

3. NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker - Friday, July 15, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP on Thursday made a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was killed last month by officers in Ohio in a hail of police gunfire.

4. Facebook and US sign deal to end discriminatory housing ads - Friday, June 17, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising and its parent company will subject itself to court oversight to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday.

5. U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI - Friday, May 13, 2022

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws.

6. Facebook paying fine to settle US suit on discrimination - Friday, October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims to resolve the Justice Department's allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill high-paying jobs.

7. NAACP: Justice must probe arrest threats against Texas Dems - Friday, August 13, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP, one of the nation's leading civil rights groups, is urging the Justice Department to investigate whether a federal crime was being committed when Texas Republicans threatened to have their Democratic colleagues arrested for refusing to attend a legislative session in an effort to try and block a sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it harder to vote in the state.

8. Top Davidson County residential sales for July 2021 - Friday, August 13, 2021

Top residential real estate sales, July 2021, for Davidson County, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

9. Justice Department suing Georgia over state's new voting law - Friday, June 25, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.

10. Justice Department stepping up enforcement of hate crimes - Friday, June 4, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up its enforcement of hate crimes and other bias-related incidents, furthering a promise by Attorney General Merrick Garland to focus on civil rights violations.

11. Police groups endorse Biden's pick for civil rights chief - Friday, March 12, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the largest law enforcement groups in the U.S. are throwing their support behind President Joe Biden's nominee to run the Justice Department's civil rights division.

The support for Kristen Clarke, who is nominated to be assistant attorney general for civil rights, includes some of the nation's most powerful law enforcement organizations, including the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the executive director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

12. Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US - Friday, January 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation's capital and beyond.

13. Biden to introduce Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general - Friday, January 8, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will introduce Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general on Thursday along with three others he has selected for senior Justice Department positions to "restore the independence" of the agency and faith in the rule of law.

14. Biden to name judge Merrick Garland attorney general - Friday, January 1, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday.

15. Democrats: Justices' 4-4 tie in election case ominous sign - Friday, October 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Amy Coney Barrett expected to join the Supreme Court as early as next week, the court's action in a Pennsylvania voting case has heightened fears among Democrats about the court being asked to decide a post-election dispute and with it, the winner of the White House.

16. Court keeps Tennessee 1st-time voter change pending appeal - Friday, October 16, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — First-time voters in Tennessee won't have to appear in person to vote while a court appeal proceeds, as the Oct. 27 deadline to request an absentee ballot approaches.

In a 3-0 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday declined the state's request to reinstate the in-person requirement while the court mulls the case.

17. GOP pushes Barrett's nomination ahead, Dems decry 'sham' - Friday, October 16, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination cleared a key hurdle Thursday as Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past Democrats' objections in the drive to confirm President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov. 3 election.

18. Judge blocks Tennessee law that limits new voter mail voting - Friday, September 11, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Tennessee law for the November election that bars first-time voters from casting ballots by mail unless they show identification at an election office beforehand.

19. Judge blocks Tennessee law that limits new voter mail voting - Friday, September 4, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Tennessee law for the November election that bars first-time voters from casting ballots by mail unless they show identification at an election office beforehand.

20. Trump suggests polling place double-check for mail-in voters - Friday, September 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that people who vote early by mail should show up at their local polling places on Election Day and vote again if their ballots haven't been counted, a suggestion that experts said would lead to chaos, long lines and more work for election officials during a public health crisis.

21. Justices overturn Tennessee mail vote expansion for November - Friday, July 31, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the option for all eligible voters to vote by mail in November due to COVID-19.

The ruling nixes a June expansion order by a lower court that state election officials opposed. The decision came the day voters could start requesting absentee ballots for the general election.

22. Tennessee secretary of state opposes absentee drop boxes - Friday, July 17, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett voiced opposition Wednesday to offering drop boxes for absentee ballots, telling a U.S. Senate panel that the state requires returning those ballots by mail in the name of security.

23. Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till - Friday, February 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.

The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated.

24. Proposal would overhaul blocked Tennessee voter signup law - Friday, February 14, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a new proposal to amend the state's legally contentious voter-registration restrictions that are currently blocked from being enforced during the 2020 elections.

25. HUD seeks to roll back Obama rule on housing desegregation - Friday, January 3, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took steps Tuesday to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to ensure that communities confront and address racial segregation in housing, saying local governments have been overburdened by the requirements.

26. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for October 2019 - Friday, November 15, 2019

Top residential real estate sales, October 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

27. Blocked Tennessee voter signup penalties set for 2021 trial - Friday, November 1, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's new restrictions for registering voters aren't scheduled to face trial until February 2021, likely keeping the penalties blocked through the 2020 elections.

But organizers that have sued over the law fear it has already curtailed their ability to enroll voters in communities of color and other historically disenfranchised groups.

28. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for September 2019 - Friday, October 18, 2019

Top residential real estate sales, September 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

29. 2020 Census to be printed without citizenship question - Friday, July 5, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query.

30. New Tennessee law punishes voter signup missteps; suit filed - Friday, May 3, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's governor signed GOP-backed legislation Thursday that would likely make his state the first to fine voter registration groups for turning in too many incomplete signup forms, prompting a federal lawsuit and protests by critics who said it would suppress efforts to register minorities and other voters.

31. Tennessee gov to weigh bill to punish voter signup missteps - Friday, April 26, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will soon decide the fate of Republican-backed voter legislation that won final legislative approval Monday, with some critics arguing the measure is intended to suppress efforts to register minorities and other voters.

32. Facebook extends ban on hate speech to 'white nationalists' - Friday, March 22, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.

The company previously allowed such material even though it has long banned white supremacists. The social network said Wednesday that it didn't apply the ban previously to expressions of white nationalism because it linked such expressions with broader concepts of nationalism and separatism — such as American pride or Basque separatism (which are still allowed).

33. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for August 2018 - Friday, September 21, 2018

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

34. $1 million-plus Middle Tennessee commercial sales for Q2 2018 - Friday, August 3, 2018

Commercial real estate sales, Second quarter 2018, of $1 million of more for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

35. Trump to rescind Obama-era guidance on affirmative action - Friday, June 29, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rescinding Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a student's race into account to encourage diversity in admissions, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

36. Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges - Friday, June 8, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can clean up their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while, a case that has drawn attention amid stark partisan divisions and the approach of the 2018 elections.

37. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for April 2018 - Friday, May 25, 2018

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

38. Groups sue Ben Carson over delay of anti-segregation rule - Friday, May 4, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Housing and Urban Development and its secretary, Ben Carson, over his decision to delay an Obama-era rule intended to ensure that communities confront and address racial segregation.

39. Oldest white supremacist site shut down after complaint - Friday, August 25, 2017

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The founder of the internet's oldest white supremacist site said he was trying to get back online Monday after a company revoked its domain name following complaints that it promotes hatred and is linked to dozens of murders.

40. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for July 2017 - Friday, August 18, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, July 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

41. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for June 2017 - Friday, July 21, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, June 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

42. $1 million-plus Middle Tennessee residential transactions for 2016 - Friday, January 13, 2017

Residential real estate sales of $1 million or more for for Davidson (308 total), Williamson (241), Rutherford (4), Wilson (5) and Sumner (3) counties in 2016, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

43. Walker to chair Tennessee Economic Partnership - Friday, December 30, 2016

Clay Walker, CEO of NETWORKS Sullivan Partnership of the Tri-Cities region, has been elected 2017 chair of the board of directors for the Tennessee Economic Partnership (TEP), the statewide public-private partnership that markets the state of Tennessee as a premiere place for business.

44. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for August 2016 - Friday, September 16, 2016

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

45. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for April 2016 - Friday, May 20, 2016

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

46. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for December 2015 - Friday, January 29, 2016

Top residential real estate sales, December 2015, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

47. Top Middle Tennessee residential real estate transactions for July 2015 - Friday, August 14, 2015

Top residential real estate transactions, July 2015, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

48. Top Midstate residential real estate transactions for April 2014 - Friday, May 16, 2014

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

49. Corizon selects Johnson as chief medical officer - Friday, January 10, 2014

Corizon, a provider of correctional health care solutions, has appointed Calvin B. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H., as its new chief medical officer.