Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse has begun considering Gov. Bill Lee's push for more school voucher access statewide and efforts to help President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration agenda.
Tennessee lawmakers on Monday officially began a special legislative session to take up $470 million in Hurricane Helene relief, a $447 million statewide school choice voucher program and new a state immigration enforcement entity.
Students rallied at the Tennessee legislature for stronger gun control after a shooting at a Nashville high school. Students from Antioch High School held signs honoring Josselin Corea Escalante, who was killed by another student.
A special session that began on Monday pairs disaster aid with two priorities for both the president and Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee: tougher immigration laws and school vouchers.
A special session on a whole host of topics including school choice, immigration enforcement and relief for East Tennessee, kicks off today on Tennessee's Capitol Hill.
Brenton Tarrant was the mass murderer who slaughtered 51 innocent Muslims and injured 89 others in his 2019 attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, Fisher chose a mosque located in Nashville. Luckily, he would never get the chance to carry out his horrific plan.
Within days of President Donald Trump's inauguration, one Republican lawmaker in Tennessee is proposing to rename Nashville International Airport to "Trump international Airport." House Bill 217 was filed late last week by Rep.
The Industrial Development Board of Bradley County and Cleveland is set to receive funds from state Site Development Grants.
The protests come after a 17-year-old male student armed with a pistol opened fire in the cafeteria of Antioch High School, fatally wounding a 16-year-old girl & injuring another.
A look back at governors of Tennessee giving their annual addresses to the State Legislatures from Gov. Buford Ellington in 1963 to Gov. Bill Lee in 2024.
LaunchTN plans to dole out $12 million in 2025 through its nonprofit initiative InvestTN, which works to fuel startups statewide through funding and connections and is funded through a grant contract with the state of Tennessee.
Protestors called for lawmakers to take up gun safety measures, but the Republican supermajority has continually refused to do so.