Tennessee’s new elementary school reading policies are the product of a tangled web of government, business and academics that has reshaped national and state reading policies time and again.

The two urban areas of Memphis and Nashville control the minority Democratic leadership in state politics, but Memphis and West Tennessee are underrepresented among the Republican majority.

Council unanimously approves a resolution opposing the proposed configuration that would eliminate Scott Street’s southern connection to Poplar Avenue.

A bill that would give drivers immunity for hitting protesters in some instances is not moving forward this year.

The bill would require public facilities to post a sign if they let transgender people use multi-person restrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms. The Human Rights Campaign says it would be the first of its kind.

While neither side is completely happy, the law allowing Tennessee gun owners to carry openly with or without a permit sailed through the legislature — and with relatively little pushing from gun advocacy groups. 

In the war against opioid overdose deaths, Tennessee is winning one battle — doctors are prescribing pain pills at much lower rates — but still losing other battles.

The measure will allow veterans to be buried on Saturday. Previously burials were held only between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

A bill allowing student athletes in Tennessee to make money from their brand has passed both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly with little opposition, and it is now headed to Gov. Bill Lee.

Sullivan, Knox, Hamilton and Madison counties lift mask mandates; Davidson is waiting.

In early April, the City of Memphis was giving 60,000 shots a week. Monday, April 26, it gave a total of 1,100 shots across all of its public drive-thru venues.

Despite major voting law reforms in some states, such as Georgia, few major changes have been made so far in Tennessee. 

While the city and TDOT’s recommendation to close the Scott-Poplar intersection came in June 2018, many neighborhood residents and property owners did not find out until late 2020. It’s left many eager to fight the closure.

Gov. Bill Lee visited Journey Hanley Elementary, and while addressing education, he also discussed concerns about the permitless carry legislation that has concerned a number of local leaders.

The bill had bipartisan support among 29 co-sponsors. If passed, the legislation would provide fertility coverage to state employees.

Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, withdrew an amendment regarding ownership and operations by Shelby County Schools of three schools bearing the Germantown name. He said negotiations seem to have begun.

Eight of the 19 members sign letter asking for workers to be reinstated.

Police would be required to record their interrogations of juveniles under a bill passed unanimously by the Tennessee Senate Wednesday, April 14.

The CROWN Act, which bans discrimination against people for wearing natural hairstyles such as braids, locs or twists, was delayed Tuesday, April 13 in the House Commerce Committee.

Three hours after a school shooting in Knoxville, the Tennessee House of Representatives decided Monday, April 12, to delay a bill making the state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”

Police say one juvenile is confirmed dead in a shooting Monday at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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The measure applies to firearms that are concealed and ones that are openly carried.

A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly would create harsher penalties for paid protesters and outside agitators, but opponents say the issues addressed by the legislation aren’t legitimate concerns.

The bill, which had already passed the Senate, passed the House 64-29 Monday. Some Republicans defected to vote against the measure, whose opponents include influential law enforcement entities.

Efforts are afoot to remove or ease a Tennessee requirement that child support payments be current in order to vote.