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.
Faith-based agencies in 2019 resettled the fewest refugees in Tennessee in more than two decades. The numbers likely will be even lower this year. Meanwhile, some legislators are challenging Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to continue participating in the nation’s 40-year-old refugee resettlement program.
Legislation setting the course for putting Tennessee’s Right to Work Law into the state Constitution passed the Senate on a 24-5 vote, with only Republicans backing it in a supermajority advantage.
Bill Dries' roundup includes the Memphis federal court case from the 1990s that has some similarities to the Roger Stone case.
The Congressman's defense of the former school board member comes eight years after she challenged him in the 9th District Democratic primary.
The first numbers from the start of early voting are strong and much higher than the same point in early voting four years ago.
Happy Valentine's Day! Two companies new to Memphis have a heart for seniors and their health; the Winters are coming; and we've even got some mood music.
Governor pushed back against word earlier this month that the 4,100-acre Memphis Regional Megasite in Haywood County is not on the administration’s front burner.
Chauncy Black, the teen at the center of a fund-raising campaign, now faces voluntary a manslaughter charge in the death of his neighbor. A grand jury will decide if he will be indicted on the charge.
The program will explore six centuries of history about African-American Islam in the United States.
Study shows link between lowering blood pressure and reduced risk of dementia.
The Beale Street entertainment district and the Union Avenue location for WDIA radio join three other historic sites in Memphis.
Former school board member Tomeka Hart was foreperson on the Washington D.C. jury that convicted Stone on all seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Her Facebook post defending the prosecutors in the case got the President's attention Thursday morning.
The 450-page book is the first to prep text for neonatal nurse practitioners seeking national certification.
Selective demolition of a relatively small part of the historic American Snuff Factory complex may soon start in preparation for a nearly $200 million mixed-use redevelopment.
It's Thursday, Feb. 13, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to be in town for a Civil Rights trail announcement. We're also talking about new homes in existing neighborhoods, a proposed gun bill, and why we need a new juvenile detention facility.
House committee approves legislation to toughen penalties for shootings into homes, cars, crowds after Memphis residents urge change in response to deaths.
The March primaries, which lead to the only general election for a countywide position this election year, is the latest skirmish between two factions – those who work in the clerk's offices and those who don't but who have name recognition from other races.
The basics of the race for General Sessions Court Clerk on the March 3 ballot. Early voting runs through Feb. 25.
Shelby County officials toured the old Shelby Training Center as a possible site for new juvenile detention facility.
"I can’t keep quiet any longer," Tomeka Hart said Wednesday about breaking her silence on serving on a jury that convicted Trump ally Roger Stone last year.
The Better Business Bureau says a new smishing campaign is using bogus text messages to gain confidential information on First Horizon Bank customers.
Gov. Bill Lee's education voucher program is taking hits from all directions as legislators raise questions.