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    Half of Tennessee wetlands could lose protection under a proposed bill

    Rep. Kevin Vaughan, R-Collierville, has proposed a new wetlands bill that he says is more equitable to landowners. 

    By Keely Brewer February 01, 2024
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    Bill would eliminate tax on diapers, wipes and formula for one year

    “We are a pro-life state,” Martin told the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee Wednesday, Jan. 31. “We want to be people that care about the unborn — and the born.”

    By Ian Round January 31, 2024
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    Bill seeking to ban pride flags, among others, is delayed by a week

    State Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, said the bill targets the pride flag, even though it could prohibit others, such as the Confederate, Thin Blue Line and Black Lives Matter flags.

    By Ian Round January 31, 2024
  • Sports

    Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation

    A lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee claims the NCAA is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar.”

    By The Associated Press January 31, 2024
  • State Government

    State leaders propose amendment that could change who gets bail

    Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton said the amendment would increase judicial discretion regarding bail and would require judges to say why or why not they granted bail. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 26, 2024
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    TN House members don’t recommend cutting federal education funds — yet

    The House members of the committee examining federal education funds released their report Thursday, Jan. 25, and recommended greater legislative oversight of federal rules. But they are not, at least yet, proposing any cuts.

    By Ian Round January 25, 2024
  • Education

    State funding allows tuition-free courses at Southwest Tennessee

    Free courses in nine career fields will begin this winter on all Southwest Tennessee campuses for residents of Shelby and Fayette counties. 

    By Jane Roberts January 25, 2024
  • State Government

    Computer system switch leaves thousands of Tennesseans without SNAP food benefits

    Officials responsible for administering the food-assistance program for low-income Tennesseans appeared before a state Senate committee Wednesday to explain the problems and how they plan to solve them.

    By Ian Round January 25, 2024
  • State Government

    Seeking faster criminal courts, Sen. Brent Taylor requests AG opinion

    If the state attorney general says Gov. Bill Lee has the power to temporarily assign judges from around Tennessee to handle criminal cases in Shelby County, Taylor will request he do so “immediately.”

    By Ian Round January 22, 2024
  • Education

    Democrats seek to oust Tennessee’s education commissioner

    Lizzette Reynolds has no teacher’s license or experience leading a classroom, in apparent violation of a century-old state law outlining the job’s requirements, Democrats say.

    By Marta W. Aldrich January 22, 2024
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    What expanded school vouchers would mean for Memphis Catholic schools

    Catholic education leaders believe the Jubilee Schools wouldn’t have closed if the state government had paid a portion of the families’ tuition. That’s why they support Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which would make private school vouchers much more widely available.

    By Ian Round January 23, 2024
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    Tennessee bill targeting AI is first of its kind in the US

    Dubbed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security — or ELVIS — Act, the bill represents one of the first attempts by a government to regulate artificial intelligence.

    By Ian Round January 16, 2024
  • State Government

    Report: Federal requirements could still apply if state rejects funding

    “There are more questions than definitive answers about what rejecting federal K-12 dollars could mean for Tennessee’s obligations because no state has ever done so,” the report states.

    By Ian Round January 11, 2024
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    Business leaders push for state help with Memphis crime

    The worried message from a slew of executives to the state’s Republican leadership follows months of public statements from some who signed the letter that the city’s future hangs in the balance.

    By Samuel Hardiman January 10, 2024
  • State Government

    Restrictions on protesters mark start to 2024 Tennessee legislative session

    Members of the public were only given a fraction of the seats in the two galleries overlooking the House floor.

    By Ian Round January 09, 2024
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    Tennessee General Assembly 2024 session preview, part 2: criminal justice bills

    Other than Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand private school vouchers, legislation intended to fight crime is likely to be the General Assembly’s biggest focus in its 2023 legislative session, which begins Tuesday.

    By Ian Round January 08, 2024
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    Tennessee General Assembly 2024 session preview, part 1

    Lawmakers will return to Nashville on Tuesday, Jan. 9, for the start of the 2024 legislative session. It’s the first time the full General Assembly is back since an August special session on public safety

    By Ian Round January 07, 2024
  • State Government

    Three Memphis judges make final cut for state supreme court vacancy

    The Tennessee Supreme Court is looking for a new justice after Justice Roger Page announced his retirement.

    By Aarron Fleming January 04, 2024
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    On education, Gov. Lee has gotten everything he’s asked for

    Bill Lee has held office as a “conservative education revolution” has swept states controlled by Republicans.

    By Ian Round January 01, 2024
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    ‘I was choked up': Governor restores voting rights to Office of Re-Entry director

    The governor called DeAndre Brown earlier this month and Brown said, “I just lost it — I mean, tears, snot, I couldn’t even talk. ... To have that be removed with a phone call was mind-blowing.” 

    By Ian Round December 25, 2023
  • State Government

    Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, often called the ‘Old Bridge’, to be replaced

    TDOT announced a plan to rebuild the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River with funding from Gov. Bill Lee’s $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act.

    By Ian Round, Bill Dries December 19, 2023
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    Tennessee prison officials grilled after another alarming audit

    The Tennessee Department of Correction “housed potential aggressors in the same cells as potential victims of sexual abuse” and officials weren’t disciplined after substantiated cases of sexual misconduct. 

    By Ian Round December 18, 2023
  • State Government

    Gov. Bill Lee grants clemency to 23

    The Tennessee governor has granted one commutation and 22 pardons, including a Sevier County woman convicted of first-degree murder. Two of those receiving pardons are from Shelby County.

    By The Associated Press December 15, 2023
  • State Government

    Poll finds support for abortion access and gun reform in Tennessee

    More than three-quarters of Tennessee voters support at least some access to abortion, background-check requirements and restricting “high-risk” people’s access to guns.

    By Ian Round December 14, 2023
  • State Government

    TN House speaker talks about school vouchers and crime at Collierville stop

    Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton stopped in Collierville to address upcoming initiatives in the next legislative session.

    By Abigail Warren December 13, 2023

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