Since February, Nashville’s Finance Director Kevin Crumbo has refused to distribute about $2 million of city money designated for Metro Arts. Crumbo says he doesn’t trust the arts department to handle it responsibly.
Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.
Dueling school voucher bills advance in Tennessee with no compromise in sight
A key House committee passed a sweeping, controversial school voucher bill on Wednesday, and the Senate version cleared its first hurdle.
Sumner County voters shut down Constitutional Republicans’ attempt to win a school board majority
Not a single school board candidate endorsed by Sumner County Constitutional Republicans won their primary Tuesday. Instead, a slate of more moderate Republicans racked up wins.
Super Tuesday brought no surprises in Tennessee as Biden, Trump face off for presidency
Likely because of the predictable outcome, voter turnout across the nation has been low in comparison to past primaries. The same held true in Tennessee.
The federal government is changing how visas for college-educated immigrants work
A change to the H-1B visa application process for college-educated immigrants could make the system more fair, according to a Nashville immigration lawyer.
Vastly different school voucher plans are advancing in Tennessee’s legislature this week. Here’s where things stand.
Lawmakers are now in their second week of weighing competing proposals to expand private school vouchers across Tennessee.
TN U.S. House Rep. Mark Green reverses decision on retirement, will run for re-election
Tennessee Republican Mark Green is planning to run for re-election in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A bill that would ban Pride flags in schools hits a major roadblock in Tennessee’s senate
Legislation known as the Flag Bill has passed the House and has made it to the last stop in the Senate, but it may never get a vote. The bill would list out when and which flags a school or its employees may display on campus. But Senate Speaker Randy McNally has concerns.
Ex-sheriff’s deputy who attacked police during Capitol riot is sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison
A man who was employed as a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy when he assaulted police officers protecting the U.S. Capitol from a mob of Donald Trump supporters was sentenced on Thursday to nearly six years in prison.