Tennessee Black Caucus condemns Republican ouster of two House members
Tennessee Black legislators are condemning House Republicans' expulsion Thursday of two fellow Black lawmakers.
Tennessee House Republicans expel 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest
Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.
Tennessee House Republicans expel 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest
Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.
Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House to decide whether to expel 3 Democratic lawmakers
Tennessee's Republican-controlled House is expected to take up resolutions Thursday to expel three Democratic lawmakers for "disorderly behavior."
Gardenhire, Republican colleagues move Tennessee gun-related bills to 2024
Republicans on the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee blocked consideration of all gun-related bills Tuesday.
Tennessee House speaker’s likening of protest over gun laws to Jan. 6 assault on US Capitol draws fire
Tennessee Republican Speaker Cameron Sexton's comparison Friday of last week's House floor demonstration by two lawmakers over state gun laws in the wake of a deadly Nashville elementary school shooting as "at least equivalent, maybe worse" than the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol has Democratic lawmakers furious.
Tennessee politics: Transportation bill headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk
Tennessee lawmakers last week gave final approval to Gov. Bill Lee's $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act, which among other aims will expand taxpayer-funded interstates in rural areas from two to three lanes while also providing authority to introduce new publicly owned but privately funded and operated toll or "choice" lanes in Hamilton County and other congested urban areas in the state.
Tennessee Democratic lawmaker questions Gardenhire’s decision to move all gun bills to 2024
A Democratic lawmaker Thursday questioned a move by Senate Judiciary Chairman Todd Gardenhire to halt further consideration of all gun bills this year, saying it impacts his bill to require gun owners to secure their firearms and ammunition safely in vehicles and boats.
Nashville school massacre puts temporary pause on Tennessee Republican gun bills
Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature pressed a pause button on all gun bills this week in response to Monday's mass shooting at a Nashville school that left three 9-year-old students and three staffers dead, in addition to the shooter.
Nashville school massacre: Democratic lawmaker charges ‘blood of these children is on my colleagues’ hands’
Political shock waves from the shooting deaths of three children and three employees at a church-run school Monday in Nashville quickly hit the Tennessee Capitol as Democrats criticized the relaxation of state firearms laws by Gov. Bill Lee and his fellow Republicans.
