Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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Drag performer Flamy Grant was scheduled for a pride festival at Maryville College when the Blount County District Attorney wrote he completed a “diligent search” of state laws that might allow him to cancel the event.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed his lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court, alleging that Meta violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act.
Memphis Health Center was owed a bit more than $1 million for thousands of unreported appointments, but TennCare overpaid it by nearly $784,000 for other services during a five-year period. The center did not dispute the comptroller’s findings and accepted responsibility.
The request by plaintiffs in the case known as L.W. v. Skrmetti represents the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on such a law.
Renter Victoria Williams is thankful for the pilot program that keeps her landlord informed when police are called to rental homes in her neighborhood. But critics say it gives landlords too much power.
The federal funding supports students with disabilities, English learners, rural students and those from low-income households. No state has ever rejected it.
Economists say the days of massive budget surpluses are over, but the state remains in a solid financial position. And the economy is not in a recession.
Tennessee’s education commissioner refused to say Tuesday whether she supports or opposes the possible rejection of more than $1 billion in annual school funding from the federal government.
Eight hours of meetings focused on federal education funding and whether Tennessee should give that funding up wrapped last week. Here are some of the main takeaways.
More than 50 troopers will contribute to an ongoing “surge” over the next few weeks, after state Sen. Brent Taylor pleaded for more help fighting crime in Memphis.
A three-judge panel ruled that the state Senate map is unconstitutional because the districts in Nashville are not consecutively numbered. The state House map will remain unchanged, and the redrawn Senate map is unlikely to change the body’s partisan or racial composition.
An armed man’s stroll on Peabody Avenue near Cooper Street forced two schools to increase security measures on Monday. What he did was legal, and the ordeal drew attention to Tennessee’s lenient gun laws.
As a Rhodes College student, Mariam Khayata explored questions central to her identity and her experience living in Syria. Last month, she got the opportunity to continue those studies at the University of Oxford in England.
The General Assembly approved private school vouchers by a one-vote margin in 2019, with some supporting the program because it applied only to Memphis and Nashville. Now, Lee wants anyone, regardless of income, to have access to discounted private school tuition.
The gingerbread replica of the governor’s residence is highly accurate, but pastry chef Konrad Spitzbart made sure to include the Peabody’s famous ducks.
More than three-quarters of Tennessee voters support at least some access to abortion, background-check requirements and restricting “high-risk” people’s access to guns.
While ascribing the gloomy climb to any one cause would be simplistic, one factor jumps out: relaxed gun laws.Related story:
The Tennessee Department of Correction “housed potential aggressors in the same cells as potential victims of sexual abuse” and officials weren’t disciplined after substantiated cases of sexual misconduct.
TDOT announced a plan to rebuild the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River with funding from Gov. Bill Lee’s $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools leadership said Tennessee’s new letter grades for schools don’t “tell the full story.”
The governor called DeAndre Brown earlier this month and Brown said, “I just lost it — I mean, tears, snot, I couldn’t even talk. ... To have that be removed with a phone call was mind-blowing.”
Tauheed Rahim II, a native Memphian and artist-in-residence at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., circulated a petition to maintain his rights to a problem property where his mother used to live near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Bill Lee has held office as a “conservative education revolution” has swept states controlled by Republicans.
Lawmakers will return to Nashville on Tuesday, Jan. 9, for the start of the 2024 legislative session. It’s the first time the full General Assembly is back since an August special session on public safety
Other than Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand private school vouchers, legislation intended to fight crime is likely to be the General Assembly’s biggest focus in its 2023 legislative session, which begins Tuesday.