Tennessee

California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee

Rep. Gloria Johnson has launched an exploratory committee as she considers running for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn

Residents had been warned to stay indoors Monday, as the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornados stretched from Alabama to New York

To fully take back their positions, they must now advance in a special election Thursday. Both easily cleared their June primary elections, and now face general election opponents in Democrat-led districts

The city first told residents on July 20 that a diesel fuel spill at a treatment plant tainted the water supply system. The order came after residents reported a fuel smell in their water

The crash happened Tuesday on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga. Police say traffic slowed, causing four cars in the motorcade to hit each other

Super Tuesday is when the largest number of delegates, which candidates win state-by-state, are up for grabs of any single day in the primary cycle

Authorities said 31 cows died in the northern Alabama town of Berlin during Saturday’s severe weather when lightning struck the tree they were hiding under

The judge in the case has shown willingness to release records in the case, while defense attorneys have objected to the idea

Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors

Democratic lawmakers have blasted the move to prioritize legal protections to the gun industry in the wake of the March 27 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that killed six people

The autopsy said the manner of death was homicide. It described multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body

‘You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,’ the president said during a meeting with the three Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled after participating in gun control protests

While performing at Thompson-Boling Arena, the Grammy-winning “Juice” singer brought out a number of drag performers, including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O’Hara and Vanessa Vanji

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

The lawsuit accuses Memphis Police Director Cerelyn ‘CJ’ Davis of starting a crime-suppression unit called Scorpion to target repeat violent offenders in high-crime areas

This year’s convention came just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville, Tennessee and at a bank last week in Louisville, Kentucky, the latter of which marked the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S.

Two young Black Tennessee state legislators have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence. They’re being heralded as living echoes of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s

Republicans banished Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting

The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council restores Representative Justin Jones to office just four days after Republicans stripped him of his seat

Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states

Representative Justin Jones, a Black Democratic lawmaker, was expelled by Republican colleagues for participating in a gun control protest on the Tennessee House floor last week

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson follow their ouster by the Republican-led Legislature for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. The Nashville metro council is likely to reappoint Jones during a specially called meeting Monday

The removal of two Black lawmakers reflects a trend in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process

County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held

The tornado was part of a powerful weather system moving through the Midwest and South