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Biden administration to roll back the Betsy DeVos Title IX rules

By Ariana Figueroa - April 19, 2024

That's a no for me. Audience members make the feelings clear about Gov. Bill Lee's school voucher plan. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Stockard on the Stump: Zombie bills haunt lawmakers as 113th General Assembly nears (merciful) end

By Sam Stockard - April 19, 2024

Brett Fuchs, associate dean of students at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, in the school's food pantry. (Photo: Submitted)

Tennessee college students grapple with food insecurity

By Anne Braly - April 19, 2024

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Senate rejects two impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Mayorkas

BY Ariana Figueroa - April 18, 2024

Senate education chair: Voucher agreement needed by week’s end for passage

BY Sam Stockard - April 17, 2024

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Budget clears House, Senate panels, but voucher bill on hold

BY Sam Stockard - April 17, 2024

Republican lawmakers make vocal push against Chattanooga VW plant union effort

BY Adam Friedman and Sam Stockard - April 17, 2024

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Duck River among the ‘most endangered’ in the nation

BY Anita Wadhwani - April 17, 2024

U.S. Rep. Massie joins move to oust Speaker Johnson, who vows: ‘I am not resigning’

BY Jennifer Shutt - April 16, 2024

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Tennessee Legislature can aid state’s obesity problem

BY Amber Huett-Garcia - April 18, 2024

John Cole’s Tennessee: Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic and reloading

BY John Cole - April 17, 2024

Editor’s notebook: Arming as many Tennesseans as possible while mistreating mothers.

BY J. Holly McCall - April 17, 2024

(Son of) Stockard on the Stump: Public records battle goes down to wire in Legislature

BY Sam Stockard - April 16, 2024

Beacon poll: Marsha Blackburn holds 16-point lead over Gloria Johnson in Tennessee Senate race

BY Anita Wadhwani - April 10, 2024

Vanderbilt poll: O’Connell enjoys post-election popularity, like Nashville mayors before him

BY Adam Friedman - April 4, 2024

Democratic Party members file suit against Executive Committee over ex-officio voting rights

BY J. Holly McCall - April 3, 2024

House and Senate Republicans align to vacate Tennessee State University board

BY Adam Friedman - March 28, 2024

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Juvenile sentencing bill in Tennessee House sparks constitutional questions

By Anita Wadhwani - April 16, 2024

Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump on trial: Former president faces criminal charges of falsifying business records

By Zachary Roth - April 16, 2024

Gov. Bill Lee, pictured unveiling his plan for statewide private school vouchers on Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Source: Tennessee School voucher bill not expected to pass House finance subcommittee Tuesday

By Sam Stockard and Adam Friedman - April 15, 2024

The director of the Republican National Committee’s department for “election integrity” spoke at an online meeting hosted by two Florida activists who are close allies of the pillow entrepreneur and leading election-conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, pictured above. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls

By Zachary Roth - April 15, 2024

Knoxville lawyer’s PAC to fight political extremism, spent one-third of the money with own firm

By Adam Friedman - April 15, 2024

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 04, 2023 in New York City. With the indictment, Trump became the first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump’s repeated escapes from political damage to be tested in NYC trial

By Jacob Fischler - April 12, 2024

House Speaker Cameron Sexton, third from left, with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Gov. Bill Lee and Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, voted against school vouchers in 2019 but now supports them -- but don't call that a flip-flop. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Tennessee statewide school voucher plan stalls as legislature enters final weeks

By Marta Aldrich - April 12, 2024

Republican Sen. Joey Hensley of Hohenwald, left, a doctor, stares directly at the sky during a solar eclipse. (Photo: John Partipilo)

Top photos from April 8-11 at the Tennessee Capitol

By John Partipilo - April 12, 2024