A vacancy in the Tennessee House district created by the death of Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, ultimately will be filled by a special election required by the state's constitution.
Tennessee Rep. Mike Carter, a Hamilton County Republican, died Saturday at his Ooltewah home after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67.
Critics say the state is 'quickly becoming a national leader for anti-LGBTQ legislation'
Armed with a new legal opinion, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and House Speaker Cameron Sexton plan to mount a final charge against Gov. Bill Lee's plan to remove the bronze bust of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol building.
Former NFL player Tim Tebow joined Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee at the state Capitol on Thursday to announce a multimillion-dollar partnership to fight human trafficking.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who has already signed into law two measures limiting transgender and LGBTQ rights approved by fellow Republicans in the legislature, says he anticipates signing several more as they reach his desk.
Federal officials have been publicly silent in the four months following FBI raids on three sitting Tennessee Republican House members, two of them political consultants performing work for several GOP colleagues.
Before ending their annual legislative session this week, Tennessee lawmakers' final act was to push through a bill that attempts to find friendlier legal venues to handle constitutional challenges filed against state laws as well as lawsuits involving legislative redistricting and state agency actions.
Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill to strip funding from public schools if they teach certain concepts involving systemic racism in America.
Senate balks at amendments, so legislation will go to a conference committee
