NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — When driving or walking near an underpass, you may have noticed tents or people's belongings near the road. The Senate passed a bill to remove campsites like this. Under the ...

State Rep. Dan Howell, R-Cleveland, has been appointed by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, to serve on the Executive Committee of the Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South ...

Tennessee’s grocery tax is among the highest in the country and brings in more than $750 million dollars a year.

Candy and soft drinks may soon be excluded from Tennessee's food stamps program, as GOP lawmakers want federal approval to ...

The bill, sponsored by Democrats, would eliminate the 4% grocery tax on fresh, frozen, and canned fruits and vegetables, and ...

Commercial Appeal politics and education reporter Brooke Muckerman will be hosting community office hours on March 10 from 4-6:30 p.m. at Cornelia Crenshaw Memorial Library: 531 Vance Ave. in Memphis ...

After passing though the Senate Education Committee, a bill that would allow school districts to refuse students who are in ...

Additional ethics training has not yet occurred for members of Gov. Bill Lee’s cabinet nearly six months after a state ethics board recommended it.

“It’s not us banning anything – it’s us setting up a waiver process for the department to go to Washington and negotiate that themselves,” House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R ...

Fleischman, John Rose and David Kustoff – all House members representing Tennessee – are considered the most effective, knowledgeable and best positioned to run for higher office if they want.

A new fiscal note on a controversial legislative education bill warns the effort to require Tennessee schools to collect ...