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Bartlett native is new TDOT head

When searching for a new leader of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Gov. Bill Lee didn’t have to look far. 

By Bill Dries July 02, 2025
Education

Gov. Bill Lee downplays transparency concerns about Tennessee school voucher program

Students’ prior enrollment is a frequently asked question in other state voucher programs and was a required question on the application for Tennessee’s first voucher initiative.

By Melissa Brown July 02, 2025
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Trump names Memphian to TVA board

TVA board members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Trump fired three board members this spring, leaving the board without a quorum. 

By Samuel Hardiman July 01, 2025
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D.C. Scorecard: The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and its many amendments

The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of Tennessee’s two U.S. senators on the spending bill and its several dozen amendments now bound for a House reconciliation process. 

By Bill Dries July 01, 2025

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    Deepfakes, pet abandonment and laser pointers: New state laws take effect July 1

    Several new state laws are taking effect on July 1, including measures regarding child abuse, animal abuse and using cellphones in schools.

    By Jody Callahan June 30, 2025
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    Tennessee won’t know how many new vouchers go to existing private school students

    As Tennessee lawmakers debated a new universal voucher program earlier this year, one financial analysis projected that 65% of vouchers would go to students already enrolled in private schools.

    By Melissa Brown June 25, 2025
  • Premium Business

    State laws could send Memphis hemp industry up in smoke

    A Memphis-based hemp grower and distributor could soon find itself in the bizarre situation of having to sell its products to an alcohol distributor before buying them back to sell at its own retail stores.

    By Ben Stanley June 23, 2025
  • State Government

    Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    The decision comes amid a range of other federal and state efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people.

    By The Associated Press, Aisling Mäki June 18, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Pervis Payne must serve life sentences one after the other, state supreme court rules

    Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.

    By Aarron Fleming June 16, 2025
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    Political Roundup: XAI divide grows, Young in D.C. and the race for governor

    Also in the Political Roundup: City vs. county at Southwind High, a short history of going from the Senate to the governor’s mansion in Tennessee and Lee Harris on his successor and his next campaign.

    By Bill Dries June 16, 2025
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    Vaughan talks future legislative ideas, reelection plans at Collierville chamber

    Rep. Kevin Vaughan weighed in on the suburb’s reliance on Memphis Light, Gas and Water and on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools state takeover.

    By Abigail Warren June 11, 2025
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    Tennessee deputy governor to leave Lee administration

    Deputy Gov. Butch Eley has been part of Gov. Bill Lee’s administration for almost seven years.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2025
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Tennessee leaders push federal legislation to fix roads around airports

    The Don’t Miss Your Flight Act would “create a discretionary grant program” and use existing funds for improvements to road, bridge, tunnel, passenger-rail or transit projects at or within 5 miles of a public airport.

    By Sophia Surrett June 05, 2025
  • State Government

    Memphis’ rape-kit suit effectively over

    The Tennessee Supreme Court has allowed to stand a lower court ruling which effectively dismissed Janet Doe’s claims against the city.

    By Aarron Fleming May 30, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee man is executed for killing his wife and her two sons

    Tennessee has executed Oscar Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett.

    By The Associated Press May 22, 2025
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    D.C. Scorecard: FBI director’s 43 words about murders in Memphis

    “I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2025
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    Minority contracting programs banned statewide

    Local minority contracting programs have been thrown into legal limbo after the Tennessee General Assembly effectively banned them statewide earlier this spring. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 14, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee’s governor vetoes easier denial of parole bill

    Gov. Bill Lee had previously only shown his displeasure with bills by working to get them changed or defeated in the committee process, or, in rarer instances, letting them go into law without signing them.

    By The Associated Press May 06, 2025
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    Pets, social media, voyeurism victims: Here’s where state lawmakers agreed

    In spite of the divisive legislation that may crop up in rows from January to April every year, Tennessee lawmakers actually agree on more than one may realize.

    By Benjamin Smith April 28, 2025
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    Shelby County legislators passed 97 bills this year

    After four months of argument, compromise, bickering and squabble, the 2025 Tennessee General Assembly concluded April 22.

    By Benjamin Smith April 27, 2025
  • State Government

    MSCS avoids state takeover this year

    Disagreements about what kind of authority an appointed board should have over the Memphis school system stopped the bill from advancing before lawmakers adjourned for the year. 

    By Laura Testino, Benjamin Smith April 23, 2025
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    Varlas: Legislators have TSSAA in their crosshairs. And that’s not good.

    The state governing body for high school athletics is facing the possibility of a government takeover. Or outright dissolution.

    By John Varlas April 22, 2025
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    MSCS takeover details likely left to special committee

    A special committee of state lawmakers is expected to hammer out the details of a proposed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools in a final push toward passing the legislation before the Tennessee General Assembly adjourns in the coming days.

    By Laura Testino, Benjamin Smith April 22, 2025
  • Premium Arlington

    Arlington commission concerned with testing center route through town

    Arlington officials express concerns about the potential testing route for a proposed driver's license station on U.S. 70.

    By Michael Waddell April 22, 2025
  • State Government

    Controversial bail-denial amendment sent to ballot

    The Tennessee General Assembly passed three possible amendments, including one that could allow judges to deny bail to defendants accused of certain crimes. 

    By Benjamin Smith April 22, 2025
  • State Government

    Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education despite immigration status

    The move diminishes the chances for the bill to pass this year as lawmakers prepare for a likely adjournment this week.

    By The Associated Press April 21, 2025
  • State Government

    Downtown safety funds survive state whittling of local programs

    Rep. G.A. Hardaway, along with other Memphis lawmakers, expressed concern over the reductions and outright elimination of many Memphis organizations and programs.

    By Benjamin Smith April 17, 2025
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    Mulroy investigation now in state’s high court

    A resolution that urges the Tennessee Supreme Court to create a panel to investigate three state district attorneys general passed the state Senate Wednesday, April 16.

    By Aarron Fleming April 17, 2025
  • Health Care

    Tennessee AG seeks to dissolve Memphis transplant charity

    When the National Foundation for Transplants announced its closure, many patients discovered they could no longer access funds they believed had been raised specifically for their medical needs. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 14, 2025

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