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Leading Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly are knocking the Tennessee Democratic Party’s decision to take veteran state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis off the August primary ballot.
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Reacting to the national coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Bill Lee will present an “adjusted” budget by Wednesday containing funds to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and mid-state tornado victims as lawmakers hoped to take a recess of at least two months.
Speculation spreads about the Legislature possibly wrapping up by the end of this week. But Lt. Gov. Randy McNally said it will likely take two to three weeks for the General Assembly to finish its work.
Tennessee’s political leaders are speeding up work on Gov. Bill Lee’s $40.9 billion budget proposal, which is expected to contain extra funding to deal with COVID-19 and tornadoes that struck the state amid a state of emergency.
With Gov. Bill Lee declaring a state of emergency, Republican legislative leaders are calling for limited visits to the Capitol complex in an effort to stem to spread of the coronavirus, though Democrats say more extensive steps should be taken.
With Democrats criticizing the state’s response to the coronavirus, Republican Gov. Bill Lee is considering declaring a state of emergency after Tennessee confirmed its fourth case, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Monday.
A bill filed Monday authorized the governor to start negotiating immediately with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and President Donald Trump to provide primary care “relative to the prevention and treatment of coronavirus” to all Tennesseans.
Democrats say Tennessee’s controlling Republicans took care of Gov. Bill Lee’s permitless carry and anti-abortion initiatives even though a terrible tornado killed people across the state and left a path of destruction.
Memphis Zoo goers are closer to sipping a cold beer while hanging out with the animals after the state Senate passed legislation Monday allowing booze to be sold during regular business hours.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper is asking for a timeline audit of a no-bid education savings account contract to answer questions for legislators puzzled about the Education Department's method for expediting the program in time for the 2021-22 school year.
Two Memphis Democrats in the state House talk on "Behind The Headlines" about the resurgent questions by lawmakers of both parties around the school vouchers program passed by the Legislature last year and on a fast track for implementation this summer.
Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper (D) and Tennessee House Representative Jesse Chism (D) discuss pending bills in this year's state legislative session with host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.
Democrats accused Gov. Bill Lee of throwing “red meat” to conservatives in his State of the State address, while Republicans said he showed "vision," especially in K-12 education.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper is seeking a different outcome on Medicaid expansion and the Education Savings Account program as the 111th General Assembly reconvenes this week.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper believes a legislative oversight committee needs to be renewed amid another poor audit for Tennessee's prisons.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper drew the ire of the House Finance chairwoman and got gaveled down Thursday for making a political point as frustration appeared to boil over among Republicans after the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Tennessee Finance & Administration Commissioner Stuart McWhorter said Tuesday a list of projects could have existed for a $4 million rural grants being criticized as a “slush fund” for lawmakers but denied ever seeing one.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey and House Minority Leader Karen Camper are sponsoring legislation that would allow the zoo to sell alcoholic beverages during regular operating hours.
A legislative move by Republican state Rep. Ron Gant to rename the Cordell Hull Building in Nashville for former Gov. Winfield Dunn might have to go through the state's Heritage Protection Act but is drawing little attention from key Memphis Democrats.
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari says legislators won’t be precluded from coming up with a plan to spend some $732 million in reserve funds even though the Department of Human Services unveiled its own proposal.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper is delving into a rural grants fund to find out whether a list of “earmarked” projects or legislative requests exists.
The chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee is refusing to hold hearings about a $4 million rural grants pool some lawmakers are calling a “slush fund” designed to reward legislators who voted for the governor’s voucher bill.
State House members criticized Department of Human Services Commissioner Danielle Barnes this week for letting a reserve fund for needy services build up to $732 million and for putting out a plan to spend it without asking permission.
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.