Tennessee

Lamar Alexander Lines Up GOP All Star Team to Chair Campaign

By Joshua Miller , Roll Call
Sen. Lamar Alexander wants to make clear that all of Tennessee’s GOP establishment is…

Rep. Scott DesJarlais says he has no plans to quit

By KEVIN ROBILLARD | Politico
Rep. Scott DesJarlais said he has no plans to resign and denies he intentionally misled voters about a past that includes his wife’s two abortions and several extramarital affairs he…

Scott DesJarlais’ Abortion Flap Doesn’t Affect Support From GOP Leaders

By Daniel Newhauser, Roll Call
Top House leaders are sticking by embattled Rep. Scott DesJarlais amid the revelation last week that the pro-life Republican doctor had encouraged a patient he slept with to have an…

Lawmakers question gun and knife rules for UT students

By Tom Humphrey, knoxnews.com
NASHVILLE — Some state legislators are questioning whether new student conduct rules at the University of Tennessee could lead to unwarranted disciplinary action against students who keep guns and knives for legitimate…

Tennessee Democratic Party disavows Senate nominee

By Michael Cass, The Tennessean
The party of Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver and Al Gore Sr. and Jr. won’t have a standard-bearer — or at least not one it can stomach — in Tennessee’s next…

Tennessee: Chuck Fleischmann Wins Primary

By Joshua Miller , Roll Call
Republican Rep. Chuck Fleischmann won his contested primary tonight, dispatching dairy magnate Scottie Mayfield and 25-year-old Weston Wamp.
With 100 percent of precincts in the 3rd district reporting, Fleischmann got 39.1 percent…

U.S. judge orders Tennessee county to let mosque open

By Michael Winter, USA TODAY
A federal judge has ordered that a Tennessee mosque must be allowed to open in time for the Islamic holy month, which begins Thursday.
The ruling, by District Judge Todd Campbell,…

Gov: Bill to protect teachers who let students criticize evolution to become law in Tennessee

By Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennesee’s Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other scientific theories,…

New Tennessee Map Cements GOP Dominance

By Joshua Miller, Roll Call
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signed a new Congressional redistricting map into law today, protecting incumbents and shoring up the Republican majority in the Volunteer State.
The new map almost…

Tennessee: Airport Security Stops Senator

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security at the Nashville airport on Monday when a…

Occupy protesters regroup after mass arrests

Salt Lake Tribune
Protesters in Denver and Nashville regrouped on Sunday, a day after mass arrests at demonstrations inspired by Occupy Wall Street in both cities. And in Portland, Ore., about 30 demonstrators were arrested…

ACLU will ask judge to stop Occupy Nashville arrests

The Tennessean
The Occupy Nashville protesters announced at their latest assembly that they’ll allow the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee to request an injunction that would stop the nightly arrests by state troopers at…

Steve Cohen Pulls a Primary Challenge

By Joshua Miller, Roll Call
Third-term Rep. Steve Cohen (D), who represents Tennessee’s majority-minority Memphis-based 9th Congressional district, will face an African-American primary challenger.
Tomeka Hart, president of the Memphis Urban League and a member of the…