After a second reading on Tuesday, the LaGrange City Council has approved a zoning change that will make way for a Chinese sauce company to come to LaGrange. The long-planned Lee Kum Kee plant ...

In all, Tennessee leaders passed more than a billion dollars in new programs and projects, including school voucher expansion, new immigration enforcement laws and relief for East Tennessee.

In a debate of the school voucher bill Thursday, one Tennessee lawmaker said the bill would kill city school districts in the counties that had them.

Senate Bill 6002 makes it a felony for local government officials to support "sanctuary" policies protecting immigrants in ...

The school voucher program passed at the Tennessee State Capitol but not everyone is celebrating it becoming law.

The Tennessee governor’s special session was for three bills: his school choice program, a disaster relief package for those affected by Hurricane Helene and an immigration bill.

: The Tennessee Senate voted to pass the school voucher bill on Thursday, meaning the bill will head to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.

The bill seeks to criminalize local officials who support sanctuary policies for immigrants along with other measures in an ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, commended the Republican-controlled Tennessee General Assembly on Thursday for approving a new immigration bill that "creates ...

Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.

Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached by phone or email: (901)208-3922 and [email protected], ...

Representative Rebecca Alexander and Senator Bobby Harshbarger voted no to Governor Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act, commonly referred to as the school voucher ...