Tennessee

The Tennessee Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make it a state crime for illegal immigrants to remain in the Volunteer State after a federal deportation order, setting up a potential showdown with federal immigration law.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has introduced legislation to lower the U.S. flag to half staff in honor of Holy Week, specifically Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

A Tennessee library board voted 8-3 Monday to fire its director after she refused to move transgender-themed books from the children's section to the adult section, triggering a meltdown among leftist activists who packed the meeting hall in force.

An underground tunnel project connecting downtown Nashville to Nashville International Airport moved forward Wednesday.

Vanderbilt Health announced that it will stop providing transgender surgeries for adults.

A social media dispute involving Planned Parenthood ignited a public clash this week between Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp and local Democratic officials, after a comment referencing his children appeared on a family photo shared online.

A deadly fungus outbreak has sickened dozens of people in southern Tennessee, prompting warnings from state health officials as investigations continue.

Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program has drawn over 50,000 applications — far exceeding expectations — but lawmakers from both parties.

A bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives is advancing a bill aimed at strengthening penalties.

Tennessee is set to impose new criminal penalties on undocumented immigrants who drive in the state using licenses issued elsewhere.