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State of Good tracks positive, locally reported news from Tennessee. Below are 5 uplifting stories, pulled directly from Tennessee's newsrooms and community publishers and refreshed every morning.

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‘The Bird-Watchers’ of Memphis: tracking ICE flights and documenting detainees in shackles

This story was originally published by the Institute for Public Service Reporting Memphis. On a Saturday morning in July, Joni Laney, a 73-year-old retired English teacher, parked her car in a small lot overlooking Wilson Air Center near Memphis International Airport. She had received word from her group of fellow volunteers that a flight there […]

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