Republican leaders have said that educating undocumented students is costing the state too much money. They hope to pass this bill into law in order to challenge the 1982 Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill that would allow schools to charge undocumented students tuition, or refuse to enroll them if their parents cannot pay. On the Senate ...

A drug program designed to help low-income patients pay for medication through hospitals is raising questions in state ...

A bill to codify access to contraceptives and fertility care passed the House of Representatives on April 10. One procedural Senate vote is still needed.

Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty proposed requiring anyone who makes more than $123,041 per year to report their salaries to Congress.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The House passed the budget framework to allow Congress to move ahead with President Donald Trump’s ...

A bill that would require school districts to potentially ask children about their citizenship status was approved in the Senate on Thursday.

Tennessee is advancing a plan to let schools turn away students or charge their families tuition if they cannot prove their ...

Local governments would be banned from participating in guaranteed income programs if a bill passed by the Senate in ...

A bill that would allow Tennessee school districts to charge an enrollment fee for undocumented students has passed the Tennessee Senate.

The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for Johnson, who could only lose a few detractors from his slim Republican majority.

After a heated--and at times tearful--debate, the Tennessee Senate voted to pass a bill Thursday that would allow schools to ...