Published February 2, 2022 | By Erik Schelzig The Senate voted 27-5 to oust Sen. Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) from the chamber for federal wire fraud charges related to misspending grant money intended for her nursing schools and her agreement to pretrial diversion on another case. Robinson called ...Read More...

Published August 4, 2021 | By Erik Schelzig   The Club for Growth has tracked how many floor votes were missed by members of the state House and Senate. The average representative missed 8% of the vote, while the average in the upper chamber was 6%. Rep. David Byrd (R-Waynesboro) missed 100% ...Read More...

  Monday, August 03, 2020 | 05:00pm   NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called for the Tennessee General Assembly to convene on Monday, August 10, 2020 for a special session to address COVID-19 liability protections, telehealth services and laws governing the Capitol grounds. “As ...Read More...

Keel Hunt , Columnist Published 5:00 a.m. CT Aug. 16, 2019 Cameron Sexton is scheduled to become the new Tennessee House Speaker in a special legislative session on Aug. 23. He succeeds former Speaker Glen Casada. Cameron Sexton of Crossville, who will become Tennessee’s new House speaker Aug. ...Read More...