The education committees in both the House and Senate approved a $450 million bill, a top priority for Gov. Bill Lee. Legislators are expected to pass it quickly during a special session this week.

Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, a Franklin Republican ... Hawkins County Schools Director Matt Hixson he shouldn’t be worried about talk that some local leaders in upper East Tennessee ...

The County Commission on Wednesday ... of Lookout Mountain, Tn. Mr. Devaney is a former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and handled the gubernatorial campaign for Bill Lee when he ...

Lawmakers passed seven bills through 17 committee hearings in a span of a day. Final votes set for Thursday on vouchers and ...

Lee, TN Republican leadership I’m calling a special ... William Lamberth (R-Portland) and Sen. Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) introduced the Education Freedom Act of 2025. The House and Senate ...

Anyone paying attention knows that Tennessee's GOP supermajority in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who ...

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is proposing ... according to past reporting. He chaired the Tennessee Republican Party from 2009 to 2015, and in 2018 he served as campaign manager for Lee's ...

Tennessee Republicans aiming ... Education Committee approved it 8 to 1, along party lines, and the House Finance Committee approved the measure 21 to 6. Rep. Gary Hicks, R-Rogersville, was the only ...

Faison’s district in Cocke County ... party affiliation in an effort to close political primaries in Tennessee. Tennessee has open political primaries, meaning anyone can vote in either a ...

Franklin Haney had opened his own campaign for Congress in Bradley County, decrying what he termed Congressman ... It was yet another sign that the Republican Party in Tennessee was growing. Along ...

Knox County Mayor ... Americans for Prosperity-TN, told USA TODAY Network-Tennessee in a text from the event. Susan Richardson Williams, a former Tennessee Republican Party chair and Trump ...

Tennessee Republicans aiming to push through ... the Senate Education Committee approved it 8 to 1, along party lines, and the House Finance Committee approved the measure 21 to 6.