Plus, the education commissioner's did not publicly testify on the voucher bill and a new study that finds $78 billion in ...

State Representative Justin Pearson of Memphis has introduced a bill, HB 1399, to raise Tennessee's minimum wage from $7.75 ...

President Donald Trump's administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Tennessee's Republican-backed ban on ...

Tennessee’s House speaker is pushing legislation that would cut state funds to local governments that pass measures violating ...

But a change like that would be nearly impossible in today's political climate. Two-thirds of the House ... So we have an ...

During a special legislative session that went into the evening Wednesday, lawmakers approved a series of measures aimed at ...

Given the scope of the program, the Tennessee Department of Education would likely need ... Vivian Jones covers state government and politics for The Tennessean. Reach her at [email protected].

She is also active with the Tennessee Farm Bureau. Rep. Lee Reeves is a real estate lawyer and father of three whose ...

A Tennessee state lawmaker reintroduced a bill for the 2025 legislative session that would look to fill a shortage of School Resource Officers by allowing veterans and retired law enforcement ...

In one of the most hotly-contested questions in modern Tennessee political history, the legislature narrowly approved a $430 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand school voucher access and find ways to embrace Pr ...