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Although advocates in the halls hoped for a calm, low-key start to the legislative work week on Tuesday, legislators in the Georgia House and Senate had other plans. After pausing on...

The legislation would suspend paychecks for lawmakers, the lieutenant governor, and the governor.

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Ideas to bring in a new generation of vomplets nancy pelosi will go down in history as probably the greatest speaker of all times. there comes a time whether or not you are nancy pelosi or whether or not you are tom brady, that sometimes you have to hang up the cleats when it comes to, you know, being leader of your particular party or leader of your organization. >> brian: right. so she is going to do it again. but, as lindsey graham says, if she says im not running like paul ryan did, then she...

The General Assembly wrapped up the penultimate week of the 2022 Legislative Session on Friday with a flurry of activity. The sprint toward Sine Die has accelerated, figuratively and...

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Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat who represents the Nashville area, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in 2022.

Rep. Jim Cooper joins calls for Pres. Trumps impeachment and removal WTVF and last updated 2021-01-11 23:47:05-05 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Flags in Tennessee will fly at half-staff until Wednesday to honor the service and sacrifice of Capitol Police officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood. NewsChannel 5 spoke to Congressman Jim Cooper about the Capitol riot and his experience barricading inside his office. He and his Chief of Staff Lisa Quigley remained locked in until it was safe f...

Blackburn Supports Governor’s Disaster Declaration for Christmas Day Bombing   Nashville, TN – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has urged support of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s request for a major disaster declaration as a result of the intentional explosion in Nashville. “Tennesseans are so grateful for the tremendous law enforcement resources dedicated to solving this horrendous and cowardly attack. This has been a trying year for Nashville, but we are strong and we will rec...

Worked 35 years and four months as a teacher. and ive been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, ms. barbara, representative cooper, but call me by my name. >> you have to work harder, show up early, be smarter. its hard to run for office as a woman. >> we had to fight a different way in order to gain respect from the men that we were sitting next to. >> this is one of our largest african-american communities in the county. desp...