Tennessee s House speaker is opposing extension of TennCare s primary contracts as part of a continued effort to award a separate health care company suing the state after it lost a contract bid two years ago.
Race relations have become so strained in the Tennessee General Assembly that even a resolution to honor an elderly civil rights activist sparked controversy.
Lethal injection for Tennessee’s death row inmates has been on pause since last April. In the meantime, one lawmaker is proposing the use of electric chairs and firing squads as alternatives. There’s an uproar, however, against an even harsher proposal. The Criminal Justice Committee, earlier this week, passed a measure to add alternative procedures for carrying out executions.