The state’s low-income health insurance program, TennCare, funds an outside unit dedicated to rooting out potential fraud. After millions of dollars spent each year, it has less and less to show for the effort aside from slapping Tennesseans with felonies unnecessarily.
A record-breaking number of guns have been stolen from cars in Tennessee. State Democrats are introducing legislation to crack down on gun owners.
A new bill introduced in the Tennessee House and Senate would make it an offense to irresponsibly leave a gun in a car or boat.
John Lewis Way would be renamed after Trump under new Republican bill
A stretch of John Lewis Way in downtown Nashville would be renamed for former President Donald Trump under a proposal from statehouse Republicans.
Tornadoes, landslides and floods are easier to forecast with ‘mesonets.’ Tennessee may get one soon.
Weather forecasting, climate studies and landslide awareness could improve soon in Tennessee. State lawmakers have just proposed legislation to establish a statewide “mesonet,” which could ultimately be a network of ground-level weather stations in every county in Tennessee.
Republicans are proposing their own exceptions to Tennessee’s abortion ban, but a defense attorney says they don’t go far enough
Republicans are attempting to amend the state’s strict abortion law. One bill would allow abortions to save the life of the pregnant person. The other would add some exceptions for rape and incest. But one lawyer believes the legislation doesn’t go far enough.
School districts across Tennessee could decide whether employees can carry guns under new bill
In 2016, a state law allowed school districts in two Tennessee counties to choose whether teachers should carry concealed guns at school. Neither county armed employees. But a new bill would expand that option to school districts across the state.
Democrats announce legislation to repeal Tennessee’s total abortion ban — with no Republican support
Democrats in the Tennessee General Assembly are fighting back against the state’s total abortion ban that went into effect last year. Members of the party presented a new bill Tuesday called the Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act. But any legislation will be impossible to pass without Republican support.
Criminalizing drag shows would target LGBTQ Tennesseans on and off the stage, advocates warn
The statehouse is on track to limit LGBTQ rights in Tennessee for the third year in a row.
Tennessee teachers could see their budgets for classroom supplies more than double under a new proposal
The bill would increase the amount teachers get to spend on things like pencils, notebooks and art supplies from $200 to $500.
At the Statehouse: What to expect during the Tennessee Legislature’s 2023 session
Infrastructure, exceptions to Tennessee’s abortion law and funding for the Department of Children’s Services are expected to be top issues this session.
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