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State Rep. John DeBerry's stances in favor of restricting abortion and in support of education vouchers are well-known, and he won't change his mind even though 2020 election challenger Torrey Harris is highlighting the incumbent's voting record.
The Department of Education will spend $25 million this year and hire a new vendor to give the TNReady test, but lawmakers can only hope it will run without errors when the state test goes completely online in 2021.
Memphis will have strong representation on Tennessee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force, charged with forming policies to improve one of the unhealthiest states in the nation and Shelby County, which ranks in Tennessee’s bottom fourth.
Torrey Harris is making another run at unseating Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry in House District 90, highlighting his opponent’s vote in favor of voucher legislation affecting Shelby County Schools and anti-abortion bills.
State Rep. John DeBerry took shots at teachers and their union – but said it’s also important to bring them into the fold – in an American Enterprise Institute event in Washington focusing on federal “education freedom scholarship” legislation.
State Rep. John DeBerry is preparing to renew legislation in 2020 for a red flag law, but it could run into trouble since the General Assembly enacted a “compromise” bill this year.
Memphis state Reps. John DeBerry and Mark White, a Democrat and Republican, are staying in the middle of Tennessee’s argument over expanding healthcare services, whether to expand Medicaid or take a federal block grant.
Memphis Democrat calls criticism “hog wash” from fellow Democrats for voting with Republicans on education and abortion legislation.
Planned Parenthood is bashing state Rep. John DeBerry with billboards across Memphis highlighting his votes for legislation restricting and outlawing abortion. DeBerry says new attitudes are needed against the procedure.
Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis is not contradicting a move by the Tennessee Black Caucus calling for House Speaker Glen Casada's resignation. But along with Republican state Reps. Kevin Vaughan and Jim Coley, he's not ready to say Casada should step down.
NASHVILLE –House Minority Leader Karen Camper is maintaining the Democratic Caucus' stance for House Speaker Glen Casada to resign while Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis says it is "premature."
The state House of Representatives approved a nearly $38.6 billion budget Wednesday, including $27.3 million to fund a TennCare program for severely disabled children and $18 million in pork barrel money, which could be a hurdle in Senate budget talks.
For the second week in a row, a Democratic legislative group apparently discussed state Rep. John DeBerry’s voting record in line with supermajority Republicans.
The House Education Committee passed Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account initiative Wednesday, with Shelby County legislators splitting votes on potentially the most contentious bill of the 2019 session.
Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis could be in conflict with the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators over his vote in favor of Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account plan this week.
Once roiled by concerns about the spread of Islam, the Tennessee Legislature is considering legislation enabling state dollars to be used to send students to Islamic schools across the state.
Gov. Bill Lee’s signature piece of legislation allowing students to use public dollars to enroll in private schools cleared its first hurdle Tuesday.
Rep. Mark White of Memphis is chairing a group of legislators who will concentrate on finding new ways to improve education for students in prekindergarten through third grade.
A year after the state House of Representatives pulled $250,000 from Memphis' bicentennial celebration as retribution for the removal of Confederate monuments, local legislators are hoping the body is moving in a new direction.
Lee says every department being asked to prepare budgets as if they're putting a 2 percent cut into place.
The House of Representatives elected Glen Casada as speaker on the first day of the 111th General Assembly with Democratic Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis backing the Franklin Republican instead of Memphis Rep. Karen Camper, leader of the Democratic Caucus.
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