3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (120+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A legal challenge to Tennessee’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan has been dismissed, clearing the way for a map that splits Shelby County into three districts. A three-judge panel dismissed the NAACP’s challenge to three bills passed…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (547+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee Republican leaders are defending the state’s newly approved congressional map as fair and constitutional, while Democrats and civil rights groups condemned the plan as an attack on Black political representation and pledged to challenge it in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (362+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee ranks last in the nation for per-student public school spending, according to a new National Education Association report released after lawmakers approved an expansion of the state’s private school voucher program. The NEA’s annual Rankings and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (220+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Early voting for Tennessee’s May 5 state and county primary election begins Wednesday, April 15, giving voters across Davidson County more than two weeks to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. The early voting period runs through April…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (551+ words) The amendment to House Bill 2532, filed by Republican Rep. Ryan Williams of Cookeville, passed a key House finance subcommittee this week and now heads to a dull House Finance, Ways and Means committee. The underlying bill originally filed by House…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (242+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn (WZTV) — Tennessee's three stars on the state flag almost became three separate states. The state flag's three stars represent West, Middle, and East Tennessee. But those regions nearly split apart in the 1840s. "We had two separate movements in…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (255+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn (WZTV) — State Rep. Clay Doggett, R-Pulaski, has introduced legislation aimed at providing additional funding to Tennessee’s rural counties. The Greenbelt Initiative Fund Transfer (GIFT) Act, House Bill 2375, would establish a $210 million Rural Revenue Equity Fund to support local…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (295+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Longtime Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally, a republican from Oak Ridge, who represents Anderson, Knox and Loudon Counties in the state senate, announced he will not seek re-election when his current term is up at the end of…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (154+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The "Memphis Safe Task Force" launches Monday in an attempt to crack down on crime in the most dangerous U.S. city in FBI's violent crime category. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says the task force is a Title…...