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  • State Government

    House Speaker threat against Nashville mayor similar to threat against Shelby County

    Two days before Nashville's mayoral runoff election, new House Speaker Cameron Sexton has injected himself into local politics by criticizing Mayor David Briley over his recent actions related to immigration. Sexton's threat of withholding state money from the city is the same threat applied earlier this year to Shelby County by Tennessee’s lieutenant governor over immigration issues.

    By Sam Stockard September 10, 2019
  • State Government

    DeBerry, White straddle line in Medicaid expansion vs. block grant debate

    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.

    By Sam Stockard September 10, 2019
  • State Government

    Judge denies state request to dismiss voter registration lawsuit

    A federal judge has denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four groups challenging a new voter registration law filled with penalties for turning in incomplete forms as well as other requirements the judge questioned.

    By Sam Stockard September 09, 2019
  • State Government

    Hagerty enters U.S. Senate race with heavy dose of Trump

    Citing a mid-summer endorsement by President Donald Trump and playing heavily on conservative themes, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty entered the 2020 U.S. Senate race’s Republican primary Monday morning.

    By Sam Stockard September 09, 2019
  • State Government

    Lee vows ‘significant’ funding increase, more services in TennCare block grant

    Governor promises a better TennCare program will add services or people, but House Minority Leader Camper believes conventional Medicaid expansion is the right way to go.

    By Sam Stockard September 09, 2019
  • State Government

    Governor urges ‘following law’ amid ICE raids, shooting in Nashville

    Gov. Bill Lee said Friday he believes the state must follow the law and try to avert tension in immigrant communities, even as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conduct roundups and hunt for people in the country illegally.

    By Sam Stockard September 07, 2019
  • State Government

    School officials to consider ‘adverse childhood experiences’ before discipline

    Schools across Tennessee will start delving into traumatic experiences in students’ lives as part of a new law targeting “exclusionary” discipline under legislation sponsored by state Sen. Katrina Robinson, a first-term Memphis Democrat.

    By Sam Stockard September 05, 2019
  • State Government

    House Republican whip resigns leadership post amid inner struggle

    A leader in the House Republican Caucus has resigned his post as whip following a “family disagreement” within the group over his use of an anonymous Twitter feed to criticize members this year.

    By Sam Stockard September 05, 2019
  • State Government

    Mid-South Peace & Justice among plaintiffs working to block new voter registration law

    A group of plaintiffs challenging Tennessee’s new voter registration law, including Memphis organizations, is urging a federal judge to block the measure because of the threat of fines and criminal prosecution.

    By Sam Stockard September 03, 2019
  • State Government

    Vaughan digging in to nitty gritty of medical certificates of need

    State Rep. Kevin Vaughan is among a group of legislators taking a closer look at the state's Certificate of Need Program for the expansion and addition of medical facilities and services to decide whether it needs to be eliminated or tweaked.

    By Sam Stockard September 01, 2019
  • State Government

    Resolution denouncing neo-Nazis limping in Legislature

    The Republican-controlled House tamped down another move to denounce neo-Nazis and white nationalists during its August special session, forcing Nashville state Rep. John Ray Clemmons to wait until 2020 to revive the measure.

    By Sam Stockard August 31, 2019
  • State Government

    Corker questions wisdom of China trade war

    Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker believes the United States’ trade war against China is “getting out of hand” because of the nation’s failure to bring allies into the fight.

    By Sam Stockard August 30, 2019
  • State Government

    Former Gov. Haslam predicts Trump wins if Democrats continue leftward trend

    Former Gov. Bill Haslam is forecasting a Trump victory in the 2020 presidential race if Democrats continue to trend leftward but otherwise sees a tight race in a “split” country, though he won't say he will vote for President Trump.

    By Sam Stockard August 30, 2019
  • State Government

    White, Leatherwood defend flight with governor for GOP event

    State Reps. Mark White and Tom Leatherwood flew to Shelby County with Gov. Bill Lee for a Republican Party event Aug. 23, but both say it was no perk for their votes in favor of the governor’s education savings account bill during the regular session.

    By Sam Stockard August 29, 2019
  • State Government

    Casada appointed to Elections & Finance panel amid state audit of accounts

    Despite facing a state audit of his campaign and PAC expenditures, state Rep. Glen Casada, who resigned the House Speaker’s post amid scandal, will serve on a subcommittee that handles campaign finance legislation.

    By Sam Stockard August 28, 2019
  • State Government

    Hardaway guarantees House Judiciary will hold hearings on Byrd

    Named to the House Judiciary Committee by new Speaker Cameron Sexton, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway says the panel will hold hearings on embattled state Rep. David Byrd no matter what the state attorney general opines.

    By Sam Stockard August 27, 2019
  • Premium State Government

    Federal, state authorities probing possible House voucher vote bribes

    Even with a new House Speaker taking office, federal and state agents are still looking into allegations former Speaker Glen Casada made illicit offers in return for voucher votes this spring.

    By Sam Stockard August 25, 2019
  • State Government

    House shoots down effort to expel Byrd, though hearings possible

    The House declined to oust embattled state Rep. David Byrd during a Friday special session but received assurances of a Judiciary investigation into allegations he committed sexual misconduct with three girls he coached in the late 1980s, pending an attorney general's opinion.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2019
  • State Government

    House elects Sexton as Speaker in special session

    The House of Representatives overwhelmingly elected Republican Cameron Sexton as Speaker Friday, attempting to reverse months of upheaval caused by a racist and sexist texting scandal surrounding former Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2019
  • State Government

    House Republicans select Faison as caucus chairman

    The House Republican Caucus, one day before a special session, chose Rep. Jeremy Faison of East Tennessee as its chairman for the rest of the 111th General Assembly, marking a departure from the heavy-handed style of former Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2019
  • State Government

    Bluetick coonhound becomes official state dog as Smokey X plays starring role

    University of Tennessee mascot Smokey X almost refused to look at Gov. Bill Lee, an Auburn graduate, Thursday before a bill-signing ceremony designating the bluetick coonhound as the official state dog.

    By Sam Stockard August 22, 2019
  • State Government

    House Democrats to push Medicaid expansion in special session

    The House Democratic Caucus is set to push legislation to expand Medicaid in Tennessee in Friday’s special session of the Legislature, saying the state has lost out on more than $5 billion by refusing to take federal funds under the Affordable Care Act.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2019
  • State Government

    Abortion rights advocate responds to being removed from Senate hearing

    Cherisse Scott, CEO of the reproductive rights advocacy organization SisterReach, was removed from a Senate hearing in a now-viral video clip. However, she says she's energized, not discouraged by the incident.

    By Jared Boyd August 21, 2019
  • State Government

    House Speaker nominee requests attorney general’s opinion on member expulsion

    House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton is asking the state attorney general whether the House can oust someone for actions that took place a quarter-century before election, apparently referring to embattled state Rep. David Byrd.

    By Sam Stockard August 21, 2019
  • State Government

    Sexton meets NRA leader but says no gun talk took place

    House Speaker nominee believes gun laws should be handled at the federal level for the sake of uniformity.

    By Sam Stockard August 21, 2019

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