Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and two Hamilton County GOP representatives were among several lawmakers and staffers who testified Monday before a federal grand jury here that is following up on a taxpayer-funded constituent mail "kickback" scheme that netted a guilty plea from former Rep. Robin Smith, R-Hixson, earlier this month.
Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison says he suspected from the start something was wrong when then-Rep. Robin Smith began to push hard for the caucus's campaign committee to add a previously unknown political firm to its approved list of vendors during the 2020 election cycle.
After getting sidetracked last fall, state Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, believes he has a clearer path to winning approval for a revised version of his 2021 bill that requires the teaching of Black history in public schools, now focusing on grades 5-8.
State House Speaker Sexton, Reps. Helton and Hulsey called to testify before federal grand jury
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google and other online companies could find themselves regulated by Tennessee government under a Republican-backed bill in the state legislature that seeks to stop social media platforms from banning users based on their political content or slapping them with fines if they do.
Tennessee public college and university students, faculty and staffers may soon be able to sue public colleges if they think they're being punished for not agreeing with "divisive concepts" like race and gender theories under a bill approved Monday by the Republican-controlled Senate.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, Ga., is defending her House vote Thursday against stripping "most favored nation" trade status from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine, saying it in no way means she's pro-Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Tennessee General Assembly is making it legally clear who controls the state Capitol's second floor, including the placement of statues, busts and paintings, under a bill approved 71-19 Thursday by the House along partisan lines.
The Tennessee Senate has approved a bill stripping Gov. Bill Lee of his sole authority to appoint members to the State Board of Education, handing over two-thirds of the nine appointments to the House and Senate speakers.
Tennessee Human Rights Commission chair Robin Derryberry says the board began as early as 2018 to question what appeared to be a "revolving door" among employees at the agency.
