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Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump

Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income, a long-sought victory for Republican Gov. Bill Lee with some help from President Donald Trump to win over GOP holdouts.

GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown

GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump's plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.S. history.

New Tennessee House rules could ban hecklers, banish disorderly lawmakers to voting remotely

New Tennessee House rules could ban hecklers, banish disorderly lawmakers to voting remotely

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee House is warning lawmakers and the crowds watching legislative floor sessions that they could be booted from the room if their behavior is deemed out of line.

New Tennessee House rules to ban hecklers, banish disorderly lawmakers to vote remotely

New Tennessee House rules to ban hecklers, banish disorderly lawmakers to vote remotely

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee House is warning lawmakers and the crowds watching legislative floor sessions that they could be booted from the room if their behavior is deemed out of line.

Republican supermajority unchanged in Tennessee Statehouse but Democrats don't give up ground

Republican supermajority unchanged in Tennessee Statehouse but Democrats don't give up ground

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's Republican legislative supermajority will remain unchanged after Democrats failed to flip seats in a handful of competitive races, but the minority party didn't give up any ground, either.

Nashville-area GOP House race and Senate primaries top Tennessee's primary ballot

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A first-term Tennessee congressman backed by former President Donald Trump will face a Republican challenger who calls the lawmaker ineffective, a contest that is among the top races in the state's August primary election.

Tennessee won't purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship

Tennessee won't purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee election officials who sent letters last month to 14,375 registered voters asking them for proof of citizenship now say the recipients won't be kicked off voting rolls if they don't respond. The state clarified the position in a follow-up letter to all those didn't respond to the first correspondence. Nearly 3,200 have provided evidence of...