Politics
Analysts: Redistricting to cost taxpayers, while slowly shifting election outcomesâ (The Center Square) – As states engage in unprecedented mid-decade redistricting across the country, analysts predicted taxpayers will foot the bill while changes in representation will come slowly over time. Read More
Government
Georgia, Tennessee expand baby safe haven lawsGeorgia and Tennessee have expanded safe haven laws meant to give parents in crisis a legal way to surrender newborn babies instead of abandoning them. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed… Read More
Culture
Nashville, state spent billions of taxpayer funds drawing Super Bowl(The Center Square) â Tennessee already has granted $10.8 million of taxpayer money from its special events fund toward luring Super Bowl LXIV in 2030 to Nashville in additional to the… Read More
Public Education
Tennessee school board rejects charter proposals despite parent supportA Tennessee school district denied four charter school applications despite strong support from parents and community members. The Metro Nashville Public Schools board heard public comment on the four… Read More
Government
Tennessee declares June âNuclear Family MonthâÂTennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law Thursday declaring June 2026 as âNuclear Family Month,â replacing âPride Monthâ in the stateâs official recognitions. Sponsored by… Read More
Public Education
TNÂ House committee makes sweeping changes to school choice billÂ(The Center Square) â An amendment approved by a Finance, Ways and Means subcommittee in the Tennessee House of Representatives not only reduced the proposed expansion of the Education Freedom… Read More
Government
Blackburn releases framework for AI rulebook(The Daily Signal) â Sen. Marsha Blackburn released a draft framework for a national rulebook on artificial intelligence to codify President Donald Trumpâs executive order. The Republican senator from Tennessee… Read More
Courts
Tennessee teacher removed after requesting religious exemption to avoid reading LGBT book to first gradersA Tennessee public-school teacher is facing disciplinary action and a possible termination after declining to read an LGBTQ book to his first-grade students, citing his religious convictions. First Liberty Institute… Read More
Politics
More states moving to close election funding loophole few voters knew existed(The Daily Signal) â As many as two dozen states could enact legislation this year to ban foreign funding of ballot measures, a trend that gained bipartisan support last year. Read More
Courts
Court ruling affirms studentsâ free speech rights, parental rights over ‘thin-skinned’ school officialsA jury verdict in the case of a Tennessee high school student who posted memes criticizing his principal affirms not only the studentâs right to free speech but also the role of parents in… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian charter school in TN gets support from AG, education reform advocatesTennessee may soon become the first state to officially fund a Christian public charter school. The Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville filed a lawsuit against the Knox… Read More
Courts
Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU attack Tennesseeâs universal school choice programTennesseeâs brand-new universal school choice program faces a lawsuit from the radical left, despite being hugely popular among families. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 20, is brought… Read More
Public Education
Supporters of Tennessee’s school choice scholarships join lawsuit(The Center Square) â Two families participating in Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program are intervening in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Five organizations representing 10 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in… Read More
Politics
Van Epps wins Tennessee congressional race; GOP edge in House 220-213(The Center Square) â Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a U.S. congressional race on Tuesday drawing national attention. The race was called by three media outlets… Read More
Culture
Web of depraved Satanic groups brainwashed school shooter â only one culprit has been unmasked(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Authorities linked a foreign Satanic group to a deadly Tennessee school shooting, but another online cultleaderâs whereabouts are not publicly known nearly a year after… Read More
Homeschools
Tennessee homeschool nonprofit caters to growing numbers of families statewide, beyondTennessee mom Abby Merryman has a history of adapting to changes she didnât anticipate. âWe put our kids into public school, a great public school here in Murfreesboro. And… Read More
Government
Answers in Tennessee deadly explosion could take weeks(The Center Square) â The losses at the Accurate Energetic Systems are staggering, Gov. Bill Lee said of the explosion that killed 16 people on Friday. The explosion at… Read More
Government
Tennessee governor wants more than 20,000 private school scholarships after demand far exceeds supplyTennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he will ask lawmakers to expand the stateâs new private school scholarship program next year. Lee told reporters in Nashville on Friday that he wants… Read More
Public Education
Nashville adding weapon detection systems to middle schools in wake of deadly shootingÂWeapon detection systems will be expanded from high schools to middle schools in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School district, according to WSMV 4 News. As… Read More
Government
Some Memphis leaders welcome Trump’s National Guard announcementâ (The Center Square) â Republican Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, thanked President Donald Trump for saying he is deploying the National Guard to Memphis. Taylor said in a post on X that… Read More