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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Two Memphis organizations providing meals to children in the summer of 2020 billed the state for meals they didn’t serve. Federally funded food programs have been susceptible to fraud for years.
Lee and Schwinn gave few details about whether or how much the state would increase funding for schools. But Lee said he suspects the state will increase funding, and will have the proposal ready for the state legislature when it meets in January.
More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.
Lawmakers are considering reforms to the registry law following a judge’s decision earlier this year that the state applied the law unconstitutionally.
State lawmakers are set to begin a special legislative session Monday, Oct. 18.
Additional bill considered during special legislative session for Ford incentives.
The public won’t be able to inspect the contracts until they’re finalized, prompting criticism among transparency advocates that the Megasite Authority will be able to spend millions of dollars with little oversight. Related story:
A common theme has emerged among the advocates testifying to Tennessee’s redistricting committees: don’t divide cities and dilute their voting power.Related story:
Seeking to stop local governments and businesses from enacting COVID-related rules, the Tennessee General Assembly is convening Wednesday evening for another special session. Dozens of bills were introduced Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Tennessee Republicans are firmly anti-mandate today. But in 2013, they supported a requirement that college students get vaccinated against meningitis.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) surrendered his passport and pleaded not guilty to five counts of campaign violations and fraud in federal District Court in Nashville.
Gov. Bill Lee names Charlie Tuggle, executive vice president and general counsel for First Horizon National, and Tipton County Mayor Jeff Huffman to the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee.
At a week of budget hearings, Gov. Bill Lee’s cabinet officials said they can’t compete in the labor market.
Tennessee stands to get billions of dollars to repair roads and bridges, build public transit and broadband and provide clean water after the U.S. House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Nov. 5.
TennCare could owe the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars, according to an audit. But at a budget hearing last week, neither Gov. Bill Lee nor any members of his panel asked about it.
Memphis Regional Megasite of West Tennessee: The Haywood County site no longer includes a reference to the city of Memphis. Now, it’s officially the Megasite of West Tennessee.
Gov. Bill Lee Friday, Nov. 12, allowed widespread bans on COVID-related mandates to become law — some with his signature and some not.
Brownsville’s hospital, closed since 2014, could have an economic ripple effect of nearly 700 jobs in the area and ease pressure on the local emergency medical services.
Germantown Municipal School District reverses course, returns to masking Tuesday.
Lawyers for disabled students invited doctors to testify virtually to the U.S. District Court in Nashville to support their argument that a new Tennessee law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mississippi contended that DeSoto County had the exclusive right to water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer.
TDEC spokeswoman Kim Schofinski said the plan to move the coal ash includes traffic management.
Chancellor Anne Martin of the Davidson County Chancery Court ordered the Board of Parole to redetermine one man’s release eligibility date, writing the board’s actions were “inconsistent with all principles of due process.”
The University of Memphis is asking Gov. Bill Lee for $25 million to renovate its business school. Many say it would make the university more competitive with elite public universities.
Jeffrey Wayne Hughes’ hearing signals the likely end to his case against the Board of Parole, since a hearing is what he wanted. The board won’t be able to win similar cases in the future with the Nashville judge’s decision on the books.