Legislation to create a state Office of the Repealer passed the Senate 30-1-1 Thursday, while the House version still has a couple of committee hurdles to clear next week. The Repe[...]

State troopers set up no-refusal checkpoints over the Labor Day weekend under a law passed earlier this year that makes it much harder for drivers suspected of being under the infl[...]

As entertained as Democrats were watching Republican challengers pick off GOP incumbents in the primary election this month, the minority party says they’re concerned a wave of “ex[...]

Seeking to pit Republicans against one another and to force them to choose between key conservative-leaning constituencies, Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle attempted Monday to su[...]

House Speaker Beth Harwell said the Tennessee Firearms Association - which has been sharply critical of Republicans on gun rights legislation - is not party to negotiations over a [...]

Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters Wednesday that a long-gestating guns-in-lots proposal would “find a lot more favor” with his administration if it more closely resembled similar leg[...]

House Speaker Beth Harwell wants Rep. Ron Lollar to chair final meetings of the committee vacated by David Hawk, who was accused of domestic assault over the weekend. Hawk announce[...]

Rural property owners say the tax on inheritances punishes them for working hard, and that it often prompts some families to sell the farm when the older generation dies.[...]

Most of Occupy Nashville’s tents may soon be cleared from view of the Capitol Building in accordance with a newly minted state law, but there are still demonstrators who will stick[...]

Gov. Bill Haslam said he won’t know until next month whether he will support a reduction in the tax on large gifts. The tax ranges from 5.5 percent to 16 percent on gifts like land[...]