School choice and immigration garnered most of the attention during the Tennessee General Assembly's special session, but lawmakers also approved $470 million in relief funds for those affected by ...
On Thursday, Tennessee’s special-called session covering illegal immigration, disaster relief funding and school vouchers wrapped up. Lawmakers passed legislation on all three topics. Governor Bill ...
By Tuesday evening, the Senate approved Sen. Joe Gruters’ Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy (TRUMP) Act (SB 2B) on a 21-16 vote, and the House shortly after took up the bill and cleared ...
State lawmakers passed a new immigration bill that makes it a felony for local elected officials to vote for sanctuary cities ...
In all, Tennessee leaders passed more than a billion dollars in new programs and projects, including school voucher expansion, new immigration enforcement laws and relief for East Tennessee.
This comes on the heals of a controversial immigration bill that passed the Tennessee House Wednesday, now headed to Governor Bill Lee's desk.
Senate Bill 6002 makes it a felony for local government officials to support "sanctuary" policies protecting immigrants in ...
The bill is designed to prevent immigrants who have admitted to or been convicted of certain sexual or abuse-related offenses ...
Lawmakers in East Tennessee voted along party lines. Every Republican in East Tennessee voted in favor of the bill. The bill ...
The bill seeks to criminalize local officials who support sanctuary policies for immigrants along with other measures in an ...
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, commended the Republican-controlled Tennessee General Assembly on Thursday for approving a new immigration bill that "creates ...
Republican Governor Bill Lee also called the special session to pass bills related to recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene. Those bills also passed.