House Minority Leader Karen Camper, Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce CEO Beverly Robertson and Rufus Smith, executive chairman of the Memphis Christian Pastors Network, will sit on a 38-member state that will work on the 2020 census.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway says he’s seen “magic tricks” before in the form of last-minute budget moves designed to reward lawmakers for votes in the General Assembly. And he thinks investigation is needed into whether a state grant fund might have rewarded legislators for voucher votes.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is turning its focus toward large-scale solar projects as opposed to solar buy-back programs from residential and small business customers.
A Tennessee Comptroller’s audit found a computer system project in the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities wound up costing nearly $9 million more than expected and still didn’t perform all the planned functions.
State Rep. John DeBerry's stances in favor of restricting abortion and in support of education vouchers are well-known, and he won't change his mind even though 2020 election challenger Torrey Harris is highlighting the incumbent's voting record.
State Rep. London Lamar took a big step forward Monday in trying to help human trafficking victims find redemption from violent acts.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey and state Rep. Antonio Parkinson are making a game plan to pay Tennessee’s collegiate student-athletes for their contributions to state universities on the playing field, a trend catching fire nationally.
State Rep. London Lamar continued her pursuit for legislation Thursday giving pregnant high school seniors an extra year to have children and maintain Lottery scholarship funds, a bill that ran into trouble during the 2019 session.
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.
State Sen. Sara Kyle is set to promote legislation in 2020 designed to cut gun violence, initiatives likely to bump into Republican opposition. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will hold a press conference Thursday in Memphis on gun safety.
Memphis will have strong representation on Tennessee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force, charged with forming policies to improve one of the unhealthiest states in the nation and Shelby County, which ranks in Tennessee’s bottom fourth.
The Memphis schools have shown enough improvement to be eligible to leave the Tennessee Achievement School district next school year. Since that's never happened before, no one knows how that should work.
Torrey Harris is making another run at unseating Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry in House District 90, highlighting his opponent’s vote in favor of voucher legislation affecting Shelby County Schools and anti-abortion bills.
Calling on Democrats to drop political attacks, Vice President Mike Pence pushed Monday for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement at a Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettsville.
The Division of TennCare will hold a Medicaid block grant hearing Oct. 15 at the University of Memphis, adding the event to three already held across the state.
State Rep. John DeBerry took shots at teachers and their union – but said it’s also important to bring them into the fold – in an American Enterprise Institute event in Washington focusing on federal “education freedom scholarship” legislation.
The slaying of his Bolton High School teaching colleague in 2006 spurred state Rep. Jim Coley to focus much of his legislative career on toughening laws for domestic violence and then human trafficking.
Gov. Bill Lee says he will call the Capitol Commission together for discussion on the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust, a point of contention in the State Capitol.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee again confirmed a Medicaid block grant hearing will be held in Memphis but said Thursday people raising opposition are "misinformed" or haven't taken the time to to "understand" the “hybrid” proposal.
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.
Gov. Bill Lee confirmed Tuesday he is planning Memphis and Chattanooga public hearing dates on the state’s Medicaid block grant proposal. And he is not "not concerned about the legality" of the proposal.
Middle Tennesseans challenged the state’s $7.85 billion Medicaid block grant proposal Tuesday, with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper delivering the harshest rebuke, calling it a “radical” plan brought on by President Donald Trump.
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.
Gov. Bill Lee has selected three Shelby County representatives for his nine-member Public Charter School Commission charged with approving and overseeing charters across the state.
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, in seeking execution dates for nine men including two from Memphis, apparently made a unilateral move in what one federal public defender is calling “mass execution.” Gov. Bill Lee is steering clear of the matter - at least until he is asked to grant clemency.