legislature Archives

Health Boards Draw More Fire

Another bill to disempower local health boards advances in the Legislature. This one would ban “vaccine passports.”

A special sales-tax district could help pay for a new baseball stadium, but at least one City Council member doesn’t want to play ball.

Knoxville state Rep. Gloria Johnson moves her desk to the hallway after Majority Leader Cameron Sexton assigns her assistant to a closet.

Every Monday, we give you a rundown of the week’s public meetings and public events.

State Sen. Richard Briggs is making the latest pitch to extend public health insurance coverage to Tennessee’s working poor.

The Tennessee General Assembly returns to action today, in a session that will probably be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Businessman Eddie Mannis and attorney Virginia Couch square off to replace Rep. Martin Daniel in the Tennessee General Assembly.

All of our coverage of the contested local races on next month’s ballot is now free to read and share.

In the contest to succeed Rep. Martin Daniel, Gina Oster and Eddie Mannis appeal to different wings of the Republican Party.

A chiropractor and a minister are first-time Democratic candidates who want to take on an entrenched GOP incumbent in the general election.