Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones,led a police report late Monday against a Republican Rep. Justin Lafferty for grabbing his phone and pushing him.

Black farmers near Ford Blue Oval City say eminent domain moves by the Tennessee Department of Transportation is part of a generational fight.

Residents of House Speaker Cameron Sexton's Crossville district have filed a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General about Sexton.

Two former Tennessee House members will be representing Democratic Rep. Gloria Johnson in her Thursday expulsion hearing.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton is drawing attention for having multiple homes and using his per diem expenses for a Nashville house. 

Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Knoxville Democrat, announced on Tuesday she will run for the U.S. Senate in 2024.

A Davidson County judge issued a restraining order barring the Tennessee House of Representatives from banning signs in a special session.

The Lincoln Project singles out the Tennessee General Assembly in a new ad called "Bullies," that will be run at the Capitol for two days.

Kansas City-area man Denny Loudermill has filed a federal defamation suit against U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton announced he has formed a group to study rejecting nearly $1.9 billion in federal funds for schools.

Claire Jones, a hospice nurse and mother of three in Williamson County, will seek the Democratic nomination for the House District 61 seat.

Justin Kanew, founder of progressive news outlet The Tennessee Holler, said his home was targeted with gunfire days after a mass shooting.

Tennessee women, writes Maryam Abolfazli, have seen the state's white patriarchy as members of the General Assembly have failed on gun safety.

The Tennessee Republican House Caucus whines about unforced errors made in expelling Democratic Reps. Justin Jones an Justin Pearson.

A nonprofit watchdog group is asking the U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee to investigate House Speaker Cameron Sexton over expenses.

The Federal Election Commission sent a batch of warnings to Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles that it could audit his campaign finance account.

In the last few years, the word ‘civility’ has become imbued with an inordinate amount of importance, particularly in politics.  I’ve addressed this topic before, most recently after Gov. Bill Lee’s...

Exit/In, Nashville’s oldest rock and roll club, is under contract to be sold to AJ Capital Partners, the developer behind the Graduate Hotel.

Special elections in three Tennessee legislative seats, including that of Rep. Justin Pearson, will cost the state more than $500,000.

A Tennessee appeals court has ruled the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency warrantless searches violate the state and U.S. Constitutions.

Knoxville state representative Gloria Johnson cruised to victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a matchup with incumbent Marsha Blackburn. The Associated Press called the race...

A federal judge has greenlit a class action lawsuit against Johnson City for allegations of inaction as a serial rapist assaulted scores of women.

The case of Franklin, Tenn. Alderman Gabrielle Hanson, who invited a Neo-Nazi group to a candidate forum, is a test for the 2024 election.

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has compared a peaceful protest to the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection. He's a liar.

Facing a $610 million budget drop and business tax cut, Tennessee lawmakers are leery of passing Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal.

Nashville's Metro Council would do well to postpone a vote on a new Tennessee Titans stadium as state lawmakers continues to attack the city.

Tennessee Republican Congressman Andy Ogles attacked a measure updating standards for water heaters in a bill called the "Hot Showers Act."

Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry will run for Congress in Tennessee's Seventh District, challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Mark Green.

Gov. Bill Lee appointed a new board of directors amid two audits showing no fraudulent activity by historically Black Tennessee State University

Tennessee Republican lawmakers move to expel Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville, Justin Pearson of Memphis and Gloria Johnson of Knoxville.

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services has filed a retaliatory motion against a lawyer representing a Black family whose kids were taken.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and legislative Republicans have failed a critical test of leadership in the wake of the Covenant School massacre.

A report by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth finds that nearly one in five children in the state are living in poverty.

The Metro Nashville Council voted unanimously to send former Rep. Justin Jones back to the Tennessee House. He was sworn in among a huge crowd on the steps of the State Capitol and returned to the...

Tennessee Republican legislators like Jeremy Faison cut unemployment and called out of work Tennesseans lazy, while taking federal PPP loans.

Metro Nashville sued top Tennessee's leaders, claiming they violated the state Constitution to control the Metro Nashville Airport Authority.

Tennessee’s Medicaid safety net program unlawfully terminated coverage for thousands of Tennessee families, running afoul of the Constitution, federal Medicaid law and protections for people with...

A Nashville lawyer who formerly worked for U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was named in a Senate Intelligence Committee report.on Russian election interference.

A three-judge panel Wednesday found a Republican-drawn Tennessee Senate district map unconstitutional and ordered a new one drawn by Jan. 31.

Thanks to the “Tennessee Three,” the nation, indeed much of the world, now has seen the mendacity and racism lurking just beneath the surface of our Tennessee legislature’s Republican supermajority...

Current behavior by Tennessee's Republican leadership, including removing protesters, has precedent that didn't end well for lawmakers.

Dr. Jason Martin, a Vanderbilt critical care doctor, has asked for the U.S. Department of Justice to invesitgate Gov. Bill Lee.

Tennessee will participate in a Biden Administration program designed to give parents extra cash to buy food for their children during the summer months, veering from 15 other Republican-led states...

The Shelby County Commission voted unanimously to reappoint Justin Pearson to the state House seat Republicans expelled him from six days ago. House Republicans kicked out Pearson, D-Memphis, and...

Freedom Rider Ernest "Rip" Patton has died at the age of 81, the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama reported Tuesday.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's plan to expand school vouchers statewide isn't expected to pass the House Finance Ways and Means subcommittee, dooming it.

Democrats in Congress reintroduced a bill Wednesday to guarantee access to birth control regardless of any future Supreme Court rulings.

Metro Nashville has filed a lawsuit to stop the state from implementing a law to cut the size of its council from 40 to 20. Last week, lawmakers passed and Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation that...

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel struck down Tennessee's takeover of the Metro Nashville Airport Authority.

Tennessee's federal delegation could have voted to aid the state's failing infrastructure,but Sen. Marsha Blackburn called the plan socialist.

The Human Rights Campaign has launched an ad campaign highlighting anti-LGBTQ legislation passed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.

Tennessee Republicans talk a big game about the sanctity of the Constitution but, writes Holly McCall, violate it when it benefits them.

Bianca Clayborne, whose five kids were taken into state custody after a misdemeanor traffic stop in Coffee County last year has filed suit.

The Tennessee Democratic Caucus demanded that the Department of Children's Service release five young Black children to their parents.

Too few Nashville leaders are acting while the Tennessee Legislature strips the city of autonomy, and Rome on the Cumberland is burning.