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Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton is captured in a sharp profile view, looking contemplative with his hand resting against his chin as a blurred, ghosted reflection of his face appears to the left. He is wearing a dark suit jacket over a white collared shirt, along with wire-rimmed glasses, while seated in front of a microphone.

Tennessee House Speaker appoints payday lender Advance Financial lawyer to Nashville Airport Board

House Speaker Cameron Sexton appointed John Cheadle, a lawyer for payday lender Advance Financial whose firm has sued thousands of Tennesseans over 279.5% loans, to the Metro Nashville Airport Authority Board.

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Doctors file suit against Tennessee plan to report sick, disabled immigrant kids to authorities

About 400 sick and disabled immigrant children in Tennessee could be reported to immigration authorities under a new state rule. Three local doctors have filed a lawsuit to block the mandate, warning it will cause medically fragile children to suffer or die if terrified parents pull them from the state's Children's Special Services program.

Tennessee resident Cassandra Boyle, a woman wearing a vibrant, multicolored tie-dye cardigan over a white shirt stands on an elevated balcony. She rests her hand on a metal railing against a backdrop of a city skyline filled with modern skyscrapers.
After One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 100,000 Tennesseans’ lose SNAP food aid

Cassandra Boyle joins about 100,000 people in Tennessee who have lost the federal food aid since July 2025, according to state enrollment data.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun gestures with both hands while speaking from behind a podium at a "Make Indiana Healthy Again" initiative event. He is wearing a dark grey suit jacket over a white dress shirt, a dark blue patterned tie and glasses.
Michigan, Indiana and Tennessee GOP push ‘Nuclear Family’ proclamations to counter Pride Month

Republican lawmakers proclaim June "nuclear family month," and offer "counter-programming" to Pride Month.

Tennessee state Senator Charlane Oliver stands in a legislative chamber holding up a large white banner with spray-painted text that reads "NO JIM CROW 2.0!" while pointing upward.
Tennessee Democratic senator suspended from committee over special session protest

Tennessee’s Republican lieutenant governor is meting out punishment to a Democratic senator for protesting on the Senate floor at the end of a special session in which lawmakers broke up the state’s only majority-minority congressional district in Memphis.

A close-up photograph of Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a man with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue patterned suit and a yellow patterned tie. He is seated behind a desk with a microphone and a nameplate that reads "REPRESENTATIVE CAMERON SEXTON." The background is a solid, dark brown wall, creating a formal setting.
Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton ousts all Democrats from committees after redistricting protest

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has stripped all 24 Democrats in his chamber of their committee assignments because they protested the GOP's new gerrymandered map on the House floor

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) during his 2026 State of the State address on Feb. 2, 2026.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee launches controversial special session to wipe out state’s last Democratic stronghold

Gov. Bill Lee calls a Tennessee redistricting special session to cut the last blue seat in the state. Protesters plan to rally against the GOP "Jim Crow" grab.

Tennessee legislature passes Charlie Kirk Act, which could force colleges to punish students for protests

Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly sent Senate Bill 1741 to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk, legislation that would limit college students and faculty from on-campus protesting and their First Amendment rights. 

How TN Republican lawmakers insulated Musk’s Boring Company tunnel in Nashville from local officials
A supermajority fractured: Rural Republicans break ranks as Tennessee passes school voucher expansion

Before the Tennessee General Assembly passed a private school scholarship expansion bill this week, an unusual fracture within the GOP supermajorities widened as some rural Republicans voiced concerns over public education funding.

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