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Tennessee lawmakers have now expanded the state’s private school voucher program to 35,000 students, which will cost more than $250 million.

Some members of the Shelby County Commission want better oversight of so-called “community” grants, which support local nonprofits.

Four high-profile out-of-state ACLU attorneys have been approved to work on a major court challenge to Tennessee’s congressional redistricting.

In a setback to opponents of Tennessee’s new congressional maps, a panel of three judges in Davidson County Chancery Court have ruled against plaintiffs in a recent state lawsuit.

Another bill sponsored bill by Sen. Brent Taylor requiring the personal medical information of transgender patients to be reported to state authorities has passed the senate.

After promising $80 million in Memphis funding for public safety initiatives, the Tennessee General Assembly cut $30 million from that pledge when the budget was passed last week.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young presented his budget to the city council Tuesday. The $897 million budget includes 2% raises for all city employees.

The longtime owner of Owen Brennan’s restaurant in East Memphis, James “Jim” Baker Jr., has died.

Whitehaven residents frustrated by ongoing roadwork to Elvis Presley Boulevard that began in 2013 learned that the work won’t be completed until 2031.

A special session of the Tennessee legislature starts tomorrow, an effort by Republicans to hastily re-draw the state’s congressional maps before the midterms.