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Bartlett Republican state Rep. Jim Coley and East Memphis Republican Mark White are two Shelby County GOP lawmakers likely to oppose Gov. Bill Lee's "constitutional carry" legislation, which could put them in the minority among the Legislature's supermajority party.
A bill sponsored to stop schools from “shaming” students with heavy meal debt narrowly cleared a major hurdle Wednesday.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White is taking a "slow walk" on Gov. Bill Lee's proposed early childhood literacy legislation, a $68 million proposal to tackle poor reading skills among students.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White postponed votes on the confirmation of two of the governor’s appointees to the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Commission after running into opposition on the House floor.
James Wiseman played only three games for the Memphis Tigers, but Shelby County lawmakers are still targeting the NCAA and trying to protect student-athletes from exploitation.
State Rep. Mark White may be changing direction on legislation designed to stop schools from “shaming” students who pile up meal debt by sponsoring his own version of the bill as a Democratic lawmaker battles to overcome a damaging amendment.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is pushing passage of two bills designed to fill a growing hole in the city’s budget with $12 million in sales tax revenue.
A year after making charter schools and vouchers key education initiatives, Gov. Bill Lee could be putting more emphasis on traditional public education in his State of the State address.
As the Iowa presidential caucuses get underway Monday, it also marks the last day to register to vote in the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries and the first day for candidates in the August state and federal primaries to pull and file their paperwork to get on the ballot.
Legislation designed to stop the “shaming” of students who owe lunch money is expected to face another high hurdle in the General Assembly in 2020 with House Education Chairman Mark White opposing it.
State Rep. Mark White says charter schools in the Achievement School District should be under the charter commission, but state Rep. Antonio Parkinson says all 30 schools should return to local districts in Memphis and Nashville.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White says two "go-to" liaisons to the Legislature who resigned Friday leave a communication void as the 2020 General Assembly session begins Jan. 14.
State Rep. Mark White believes non-tuition items paid for with education savings accounts could be taxed under the state's new voucher program. But even as questions are raised about the governor's initiative, the Department of Education still hasn't firmed up the rules.
Seeking a seventh House term representing Shelby County’s District 83, state Rep. Mark White stands on his record of “education reform” and defends support of the governor’s education savings account legislation, which is set to take effect in 2020.
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.
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.
East Memphis Republican will travel Tennessee working for Lipscomb's College of Leadership & Public Service.
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.
Even though public hearings have shown no support, some Shelby County Republicans continue supporting the pursuit of a Medicaid block grant proposal rather than conventional expansion.
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.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee says an independent Public Charter Schools Commission won’t be lenient but will give the state greater latitude for overseeing charter operators across the state.
State Rep. Mark White is working on legislation language to calm Republicans’ nerves over his bill requiring weapons to be secured when kept in vehicles and boats.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White says the Tennessee Department of Education faces a difficult task in setting up an education savings account program in time for the 2020-21 school year.
Earle Fisher of Memphis disagrees with the notion the Black Voter Project or #UPTheVote901 committed voter fraud when they turned in thousands of voter registration applications, including many incomplete forms, to the Shelby County Election Commission in 2018. But the state representative who sponsored the legislation claims they were "fraudulent."
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.