The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue: Rebuttal to Rep. Gino ...

Marsha Blackburn, John Rose and a few other hypothetical candidates make our speculative shortlist for the 2026 race to ...

Smarting from a barrage of dark money that took out two Senate incumbents in 2024, lawmakers are set to consider eliminating campaign contribution limits for political parties and party caucuses.

Tennessee students are more interested in their personal safety at school and mental health needs than in being denied the ...

The delegation and the General Assembly as a whole were almost split down the middle on the voucher issue, approved in a ...

Lawmakers approved a $447 million statewide publicly funded school voucher program last week, with the 23-page bill easily passing in the Republican controlled senate (20–13) and house (54–44).

The East Tennessee pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the League of Women Voters of Knoxville-Knox County held its annual legislative forum on Saturday. At the forum ...

Four Northeast Tennessee House members voted against the school voucher bill Thursday and four voted for it as the bill passed fairly narrowly, 53-45. The bill is now being debated in the Senate.

Abby Warbington speaks with Tennessee state troopers as she is removed from a House committee meeting on immigration during a special session of the state Legislature on January 29 in Nashville.

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated ...

Instead, she has become “the party’s most aggressive member,” the source said. Democrats have reacted to the bullhorn of Trump’s second term in a much different way from his first. Beyond being more ...

Washington — Former Rep. Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump's more controversial nominees will be facing ...