A few Republicans in the House broke ranks Thursday to support removal of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her two committee assignments, but none from Tennessee or Georgia.
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, says he has joined with fellow congressional Democrats to request that freshman U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Northwest Georgia be removed from the House Education and Labor Committee and also be formally censured.
Local legislators are pressing Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger and county school leaders to restrict the system's share of the $42.9 million recently approved by the Tennessee General Assembly for education salary increases to boost pay only for what the lawmakers consider actual "classroom teachers."
Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith, a Hixson Republican and political consultant, didn't just direct political campaign mail business to a little-known New Mexico firm with ties to all the figures raided this month by the FBI.
Three Tennessee Republican lawmakers whose homes and legislative offices were raided Jan. 8 by the FBI collectively paid $182,794 during the 2020 election cycle for work done by newly minted political firms with little known campaign track records, state filings show.
Lawmakers from Tennessee and Georgia weighed in Wednesday on Democrat Joe Biden's inauguration as the nation's 46th president, and Kamala Harris as vice president, with reactions ranging from praise to threats of impeachment.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has named state Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, as chair of the Finance Ways and Means Committee, making her the first Hamilton Countian to head the powerful panel in at least 48 years and its second female chair ever.
Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Friday passed a new funding plan for TennCare that they and Gov. Bill Lee say will enhance maternal care and mental-health services while expanding eligibility for low-income residents, although Democrats say it's based on unrealistic projections and could fall to political and legal challenges.
Tennessee and Georgia members of Congress voted along party lines as the U.S. House voted Wednesday to approve President Donald Trump's second impeachment, for "incitement of insurrection" after last week's deadly mob attack on the Capitol.
Tennessee Rep. Mark Windle is not only singing the praises of country music and cultural icon Dolly Parton, he's introduced legislation to erect a statue of the internationally known Tennessee native, songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian on the state Capitol's grounds.
