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The bill would require the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee to submit a report detailing the name and location of each business or third-party entity contracted to perform construction work at the site.
Since Bill Haslam was elected governor in 2010, Republicans have held control of Tennessee’s state government, with the party controlling the trifecta of the House, Senate and governor’s office. No Black politician has chaired a full, standing committee since then.
Democratic lawmaker called the House’s Republican leader a “liar” for saying those who voted against a legislative crackdown on protesters support spitting on law enforcements officers.
The House voted to let the Memphis Zoo serve alcoholic beverages this week, but not without hearing lawmakers raise worries about drunken people falling into cages with “man-eating” animals.
The governor reportedly wants to wait until the state finds a tenant for the Regional Megasite before continuing to invest additional funding.
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.
Memphis legislators and healthcare industry members raised concerns about the state's $7.85 billion Medicaid block grant proposal, saying it raises too many questions that won't be solved until negotiations are done with the federal government.
As Tennessee pushes a $7.85 billion Medicaid block grant proposal, the state is still waiting for federal approval of a TennCare work requirement passed in 2018. The request is being held up because of legal challenges to similar programs in other states.
The House TennCare Subcommittee set to review the state’s Medicaid block grant proposal Thursday should be made aware of overriding negative comments made about the plan at five hearings statewide, state Rep. Larry Miller of Memphis says.
State Rep. Mark White pushed Gov. Bill Lee’s state charter commission through the House Wednesday, saying it will create a better system for overseeing charter schools in Tennessee.
Constitutional questions and the likelihood of expensive litigation will likely cause the state Senate to slow-walk a fetal heartbeat bill passed by the House this week.
Legislation requiring Gov. Bill Lee’s administration to seek a federal block grant for funding TennCare advanced in the House this week in spite of Shelby County lawmakers’ efforts to attach guidelines.
Legislation prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected passed a key committee Tuesday, but Shelby County lawmakers on the panel are split on the bill.
Legislation enabling people to schedule payments for fines and fees on suspended licenses pushed Rep. Larry Miller of Memphis to move forward with a bill of his own.
A bill by Memphis legislator Larry Miller would mesh with a federal court ruling and stop Tennessee from suspending driver’s licenses based on a person’s inability to pay fines and fees.
The secretary of state and coordinator of elections would have to leave their posts if they seek public office under legislation sponsored by state Rep. Larry Miller of Memphis.
The state Legislature could take action in 2019 to penalize pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies for failing to comply with Tennessee's new "partial-fill" law designed to cut opioid abuse.
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