Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump
Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.
Tennessee House, Senate Education Panels Pass Private-School Vouchers
Tennessee House and Senate education committees passed the governor’s private-school voucher program Tuesday, speeding the $450 million first-year expense to final votes before week’s end. Senators voted 8-1 to send the measure to the finance committee to be considered Wednesday.
Tennessee Republicans push vouchers to brink of passage: What lawmakers did Tuesday
In the first full day of committees during Tennessee's special legislative session, Republicans pushed an expanded school voucher program.
GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown
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.
Tennessee General Assembly approves school voucher expansion; bill heads to Gov. Lee’s desk
Both the Senate and House of Representatives have passed Gov. Bill Lee’s statewide expansion of school vouchers, otherwise known as the “Tennessee Education Freedom Act of 2025.”
Tennessee lawmakers pass $447M school voucher program in major win for Gov. Bill Lee
The new Education Freedom Scholarship program will offer 20,000 scholarships of about $7,300 to Tennessee students to attend a school of their choice.
President Donald Trump's FBI director nominee vows to re-establish Memphis field office
Should he be confirmed, Kash Patel said he would work to re-establish Memphis' FBI field office when asked by Sen. Marsha ...
Tennessee opens session on school vouchers and Trump immigration push, as protests seek gun control
Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand ...
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More than 30 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters with Tennessee ties pardoned by Trump: Read the cases
These people and others with Tennessee ties were initially convicted of crimes and sentenced to as long as 90 months in ...
University of Tennessee researchers told to press on as Trump funding pause rattles campus
The UT System is "closely monitoring" the federal funding situation. President Trump also signed orders lifting restrictions ...
Donald Trump Could Have First Airport Named After Him Under New Bill
A Tennessee State Representative has filed a bill to rename Nashville International Airport to "Trump International Airport." ...
Trump designates Venezuelan gang with Tennessee presence as foreign terror organization
Another thing that comes with a terrorist organization designation is anyone associated with these groups could become a U.S.
Donald Trump offers buyouts to all federal employees. How many are in Tennessee?
The Trump administration has offered a buyout to federal employees who don't wish to return to work at the office. Here's how ...
Did Donald Trump Freeze Hiring of Air Traffic Controllers? What We Know
Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation ...