TAKING FLIGHT: Chattanooga’s airport authority is considering a legal challenge of its own to a state law stripping control of major cities’ airport boards from local governments, according to the Tennessee Journal. Metro Nashville filed its own legal challenge earlier this month ahead of the law’s July 1 effective date. Nashville has filed a series of lawsuits in recent years in response to state laws seeking control of local governmental entities. Nashville has mostly undertaken the challenges on its own, as the laws have singled out Metro, but the airport law — like a school voucher law several years ago — applied to other municipalities that have also filed suit. — Stephen Elliott
PLOT AGAINST BLACKBURN: A planned attack allegedly set for the 250th celebration of the United States reportedly targeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn, according to the FBI. Blackburn, Tennessee’s senior senator and candidate for governor, was one subject of a planned attack on several officials at the White House over the weekend, which the FBI claims to have thwarted. The attack, which reportedly had as many as 15 conspirators, would have taken place during the UFC fight on the White House lawn, but no one was hurt. — Sarah Grace Taylor
FAMILIAR FACE: Chris MacFarland’s first personnel decision as Nashville Predators general manager was to acquire a player he knows well. The Predators traded with the Colorado Avalanche — MacFarland’s employer for the previous 11 seasons — to acquire 29-year-old forward Ross Colton, a “two-way winger who will add sandpaper and grit into our middle six group,” MacFarland said. Colton has 89 goals and 87 assists in 404 career NHL games. The Predators gave up third-round picks in the 2026 and 2027 drafts, and the teams swapped minor league goalies, with Magnus Chrona going to Colorado and Isak Posch coming to Nashville. — David Boclair
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