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A new lawmaker from Memphis, Tennessee, is making waves after he attended his swearing-in ceremony wearing a dashiki. Democratic Rep. Justin J. Pearson

Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson referred to his colleague as a "white supremacist" after being criticized for wearing a dashiki.

Representative Justin J. Pearson of Tennessee is new to the inner workings of Nashville, but he is already making headlines.

The new law could hold some third-grade students back if they don't perform well enough on a state test.

A Republican lawmaker said during a public hearing this week that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the conduct of current and former employees of the Department of Childrens Services -- an investigation a TBI spokeswoman later said she could neither confirm nor deny.

With quality child care often costing more than in-state tuition at Tennessee colleges, two lawmakers have filed legislation to create a child care scholarship program.

Tennessee needs to invest more than $9 billion in its K-12 education infrastructure over five years, an increase of nearly 9% from an assessment done a year earlier, a new state report says.

The assessment of facility needs comes as local and state officials grapple with how to cover the rising costs of school construction, which have doubled in the last decade.

Nesquehoning has agreed to join a study regarding regionalizing police. On Wednesday, borough council approved allowing the state Department of Community and Economic Development to complete the study...

Tennessee Rep. Mike Sparks is proposing a bill to classify fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction" and could lead to the death penalty.