A bill paving the way for investor-owned companies to run charter schools in Tennessee passed at the end of a nearly six-hour committee meeting Wednesday night. Weary members of the Senate Education panel voted six to three, sending the proposal on to the full Senate.
After Years, Wine in Supermarkets Advances in Senate
A measure allowing wine to be sold in Tennessee grocery stores is now closer to becoming law than ever before. The legislation was approved on a 5-4 vote in a Senate Committee.