The Tennessee House of Representatives is set to hold a hearing Wednesday to consider a potential amendment to the state ...

Tennessee General Assembly passed immigration enforcement legislation that prohibits elected officials from voting for ...

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has filed legislation that would withhold state funds from local governments that evade or ignore state laws or the state constitution. The bill is designed ...

While the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, it took until 2022 for Tennessee voters to amend the state Constitution to prohibit slavery in every form including imprisonment. Opinion ...

In similar fashion, Article II, Section 13 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that members of the state Senate or House shall “not “for any speech or debate in either House . . . be questioned in ...

The furthest step lawmakers have taken related to gun rights in Tennessee has been the filing of a House Joint Resolution proposing a constitutional amendment. Filed by Reps. Jay Reedy and Clay ...

The Trump administration told the US Supreme Court that states can constitutionally ban gender-affirming treatments for minors, flipping the federal government’s position in a high-profile case.

The Biden administration and other challengers had argued that Tennessee's law violates the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection. "Following the change in administration ...