A Tennessee judicial panel dismissed a legal challenge of the state’s private-school vouchers, finding that the constitution doesn’t prohibit creation of the $260 million-plus program. The three-judge panel dismissed the entire case filed in 2025 by a group of parents who said Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act violates the constitution by shifting funds to unaccountable […]
A road-building group that lost out on Tennessee’s toll lane project is challenging the state’s award to a consortium led by a Spain-based company that promised the state a massive amount of money. A group of companies called 24 Choice Lanes Partners says in the filing the Tennessee Department of Transportation gave its competitor an […]
After being banned from Memphis City Council meetings, state Rep. Justin J. Pearson filed suit Tuesday against the city alleging the action violates the First Amendment. In the suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court of West Tennessee, Pearson and six other plaintiffs, including his brother, Keshaun Pearson and mother, Kimberly Owens-Pearson, allege […]
A Davidson County Chancery judge ordered Tennessee officials on Wednesday to preserve all evidence related to the botched execution of Christa Pike. Chancellor I’Ashea Myles ruled that the Tennessee Department of Correction must “preserve all evidence” related to the failed execution of Pike by two rounds of lethal injection last week. Myles’ ruling comes one […]
Tennessee lawmakers began hearings on medical marijuana program. TBI rep calls weed “dangerous drug”
Tennessee lawmakers held hearings to discuss implementing a limited medical marijuana program, but the state’s top law enforcement group remains the most vocal opposition. Representatives from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, TBI, emerged as the strongest opponents, stating there were no circumstances in which they thought medical marijuana should be allowed in Tennessee. “Marijuana is […]
Lawyers for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike confirmed Thursday she is in critical condition and receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution. Pike was transported to a hospital Wednesday night after Tennessee halted her execution when two rounds of its lethal injection protocol failed. Media witnesses to the execution were told to leave […]
Gov. Bill Lee has ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of the year. “Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the State’s most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that […]
A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the execution of a Tennessee woman set to be the first female put to death in the state in nearly two centuries. Christa Pike, 50, was set to be executed Wednesday for the 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike’s lawyers have been arguing before the court and […]
A Tennessee Democratic state senator has sued the chamber leader over her committee reassignment and travel reimbursement restrictions implemented after she protested from the Senate Floor during a recent special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House map. During a special legislative session in May to redraw and gerrymander Tennessee’s U.S. congressional map so Republicans […]
The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office argued Monday that politics shouldn’t be considered in deciding whether the Chattanooga airport authority should be run by a locally-appointed board or a board appointed by state officials under a new law. The state’s attorney and legal counsel for the new state-appointed board also said in a hearing before a […]