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The measure would apply to anyone who teaches college, even part-timers.

A subcommittee in the State House has approved a new bill that would redefine sex education. The sponsor is a Representative from Nashville.

Abortion rights activists feared that an effort to publish the names of doctors who perform abortions could be used to identify individual women who had the procedure. In response, the sponsor of the state legislation cut those parts out.

Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal to constitutionally cement the way Tennessee judges are appointed came in for criticism in a House committee today. The bill moved forward on a split vote of 9 to 6.

State Representative David Hawk, accused over the weekend of assaulting his wife, maintains he is innocent of domestic assault charges.

A West Tennessee lawmakers is pushing a bill he says will give Christian students – but also other religious students – a chance to voice their beliefs at school.

The State House voted 72 to 23 to label a worldwide environmental sustainability program promoted by the United Nations as ‘evil.’

It’s up to Peyton Manning himself to decide if he wants to join the Tennessee Titans. But the state House of Representatives today proposed – officially – that the ‘legendary quarterback’come home to Tennessee.

A surprised Jim Cooper was met by cheering activists Wednesday before he testified about reforming the congressional budget process. The Nashville Democrat was invited to a Senate committee to speak about his “No Budget, No Pay” bill.

A bill to create a new Tennessee Wildlife Commission – which looks a lot like the old Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission – sailed out of a Senate committee today and is headed for the Senate floor.