Infections among children increased amid the Delta variant surge.
Requiring partisan school board elections in counties statewide could become a fringe topic this week
Piles of debris line some streets in the small town after deadly August flooding killed 20 people
Late last summer, a leaked map showed 2,000 acres in a wilderness area in White County carved out for clearing trees, sparking controversy.
At least 27 employees have died to date, including three this month in Rutherford County.
Attorneys for the Memphis Democrat, recently convicted of felony fraud, have filed motions for acquittal and a new trial.
A plan to clear hardwood trees from the Bridgestone Firestone Centennial Wilderness Area has met fierce resistance locally.
Many states with a history of discriminatory voting practices are working for the first time without the need to get approval from the DOJ.
It's the largest investment in Tennessee history.
Tennessee lawmakers are treating the proposal as if it werew too big to fail.
Taking center stage was discussion on the creation of the West Tennessee Megasite Authority.
The Nashville Democrat spoke with a civil rights group Monday morning about what to expect during the session.
Tennessee lawmakers are hours away from considering $883 million worth of incentives to land a Ford electric truck and battery plant.
CoreCivic, a private contractor, doesn’t not have to follow government policies for dealing with COVID-19.
Also in this week's Stockard on the Stump: Remembering State Rep. Jim Coley.
Obtaining 22 signatures in the Senate and 66 in the House remains a work in progress, without Gov. Bill Lee’s backing.
Tennessee organizations are conducting public outreach to educate voters about redistricting.
The conservative firebrand says vaccine mandates allow employers to threaten workers with the loss of their jobs.
Williamson County Voters for Election Integrity claimed the state’s voting system is so lax it could be manipulated with ease.
The county's juvenile court judge routinely locks up 8 and 9-year-old children.
Medicaid expansion would bring billions to state without taxpayer investment.
Life has been rough the past 18 months for Tennesseans who make their living through the state’s tourism and festival industry.
Also in this week's Stockard on the Stump: Gov. Lee is set to make an announcement Friday morning dealing with education.
Theresa Nicholls served as a witness in a federal court trial over Gov. Bill Lee’s school mask policy in Shelby County.
GOP lawmakers want to pass legislation to bypass Biden's mandate for companies with more than 100 workers to require employee vaccination.
"A story of great misery for many, and great profit for others."
More than 200 people attended a public meeting in Sparta to hear directly from state officials about the plan.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton says some members of the Republican Caucus would vote against the project if the COVID session doesn't happen.
The plan to clear forest for quail habitat is raising the ire of hunters and hikers, as well as a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Bobby May was on the verge of retiring from the Guard when he contracted what turned out to be a fatal case of COVID-19.
Citing public complaints about COVID-19 mandates, Tennessee’s top legislative leaders are working to bring lawmakers to Nashville.
Two long-time Clarksville teachers died within a week of one another.
Also: Unionization not quite set in stone for Blue Oval City.
Federal judges in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis ruled against the governor’s order in three separate cases.
The Democrat elected to represent southeast Memphis in the Tennessee State Legislature in 2018 faces five counts of wire fraud.
“Game changer,” says 5th District Congressman Jim Cooper, a sponsor of the bill.
The events will take place in nine locations on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Talk is circulating about alleged GOP plans to attach a "no-vaccine mandate" to the legislation.
Reports said it was a 56-year-old guardsman, attached to Tennessee Joint Task Force Headquarters, who died in San Antonio on Aug. 27.
The are cheering three court decisions to overturn his executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates.