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Tennessee Republicans are proposing to elect the state’s Attorney General. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and Joe White discuss the politics of changing a constitutional statute that’s over 100 years old.

Consumer confidence in Middle Tennessee is on the rise, but it won’t necessarily translate into more spending.

Tennessee’s teachers could be in for some big changes under bills sponsored by Republicans. The party may be banking on their new majorities, but State Capitol correspondent Joe White tells WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows Tennessee’s Republican Governor, Bill Haslam, is putting the brakes on at least one proposal.

The National Red Cross says its blood supply is at a ten-year low because of the severe winter weather. Tennessee residents are being asked to help.

State GOP officials say Memphis Democrat Steve Cohen has gone too far criticizing the Republican-led effort to repeal healthcare reform.

Tennessee’s new House Speaker, Nashville Republican Beth Harwell wasted no time in changing how the chamber will get down to business this year.

Tennessee’s next Speaker of the House will preside over the largest Republican majority the state has ever seen. WPLN’s local Morning Edition host Jacqueline Fellows and state capitol correspondent Joe White discuss the power that lies ahead for the speaker-in-waiting, Nashville Republican Beth Harwell.

Nashville’s librarians are prepping early for what’s become an annual tradition.

The average Tennesseean has 16 prescriptions. That’s the second highest in the nation after West Virginia, but it’s also a slight decline from 18 prescriptions per person just three years ago.

Now that Tennessee’s new census numbers are out, counties will soon begin preparing for changes within their borders.