White backs Blackburn push to move Education Dept. to Tennessee
State Rep. Mark White supports legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C., and bring the Education Department to Tennessee.
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State Rep. Mark White supports legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C., and bring the Education Department to Tennessee.
East Memphis Republican will travel Tennessee working for Lipscomb's College of Leadership & Public Service.
Democrats in the General Assembly, including Memphis lawmakers, want hearings into a $4 million “slush fund” for rural grants, some raising questions about whether it was designed to reward legislators who voted for the governor’s voucher bill.
New House Speaker Cameron Sexton is moving the House Finance, Ways & Means Committee's department budget hearings to a November-December schedule, away from the long practice of holding them during the regular session.
State Rep. Mark White and other leaders urged Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to slow-walk revisions in accountability measures it took lawmakers years to win, but Gov. Bill Lee backs her efforts to change the status quo.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he nixed spending from a $4 million rural grant fund because he said legislators didn’t understand how the money was to be used.
Tennessee’s Economic and Community Development commissioner is not requesting funds in fiscal 2020-21 for the Memphis Regional Megasite, saying the state is awaiting court action on wastewater lines easements before it will embark on the rest of the project.
Tennessee's former lieutenant governor, Ron Ramsey, said Tuesday he was interviewed by an FBI agent in a short phone call this year about state Sen. Brian's Kelsey's finances.
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say the IMPROVE Act, a 10-year, $10.5 billion program financed by fuel tax increases, has jumped to 20 years, possibly pushing off two big Shelby County projects.
With Republican Gov. Bill Lee slow-walking the spending of $733 million in reserve funds for low-income families, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is demanding the money go toward people in need.
Driver’s license testing centers on Summer Avenue and East Shelby Drive will get more personnel starting Nov. 11 to cut wait times.
Surprised by potential delays in IMPROVE Act road projects, lawmakers are looking for a new revenue source or help from the federal government, which must renew its own transportation funding act to help states.
International job clients are hitting the "pause button" on relocations to Tennessee because of the U.S. trade war with China, according to Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe
State Rep. Antonio Parkinson and state Sen. Brian Kelsey are amending legislation in an effort to defend University of Memphis star James Wiseman from an NCAA ruling he is "likely ineligible" for the season.
Department of Environment and Conservation mulls three-month shutdown of golf courses as part of governor's request to trim 1% from 2020-21 budget.
The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance is ordering state Rep. Joe Towns to come before the panel to explain why he is failing to file campaign finance reports, violations that have led to $65,000 in civil penalties against him.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton is following the advice of Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and declining to call for an immediate investigation into embattled state Rep. David Byrd. But hearings still could be held in January 2020 in the House Judiciary Committee.
Gov. Bill Lee admits he's not following James Wiseman’s case against the NCAA and said the state should take a limited position in the matter.
Memphis product Jerri Green might be a mother of three, but she’s ready to fight for the House District 83 seat in a 2020 race with Republican state Rep. Mark White.
With Memphis in an uproar over the eligibility of University of Memphis star James Wiseman, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway says he plans to push for a probe of the “business aspect” of the NCAA.
The trial will be a legal battle between the state and voter registration advocates over new requirements and penalties approved this year but on hold because of a federal court ruling.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway is insisting House leaders live up to a commitment to investigate allegations of misconduct made against state Rep. David Byrd as a high school girls basketball coach 30 years ago.
A House member confirmed Tuesday being questioned in the past two months by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents looking into allegations former House Speaker Glen Casada offered lawmakers favors in return for votes on the voucher bill this spring.
State education vouchers worth $7,300 that Shelby County parents can use to send their children to private schools will count as federally taxable income, according to Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper will ask the Department of Finance & Administration about 50 to 60 “commitments” for rural grants to be awarded from a $4 million pool criticized as a “slush fund” to reward lawmakers for their voucher votes.