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Lee’s school choice legislation has sailed through four committees in recent weeks with opposition from only a handful of Republicans.

Another secret recording obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates reveals how Tennessee lawmakers are facing pressure to send your tax dollars to the state's private schools.

A House panel refused Tuesday to hear a bill by a bipartisan duo of lawmakers to shift House sexual harassment investigations to a third party, denying former Rep. Scotty Campbell a chance to testify for the measure.

The bill is set to be heard in the House Public Service Subcommittee as well as the Senate State and Local Government Committee Tuesday.

Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, and Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, join efforts to move sexual harassment cases from legislative control.

Attorney generals office would handle accusations; legislature has seen at least one case per year in past 10 years

An unlikely House Democrat and Republican combo is joining efforts to move statehouse sexual harassment cases from control of the General Assembly, using a third-party liaison to the state Attorney Generals Office.

Members of the House K-12 Education Subcommittee gave first approval to the 39-page bill after two hours of debate and presentation.

The leftist faction in America that would like to ban guns has tried just that, unsuccessfully. Members have tried banning ammunition. They've tried registration and licenses. And much more.

Both bills would prohibit financial institutions from requiring merchant category codes for a purchase that identifies a merchant as a firearms retailer. Violations would be treated as an “unfair or deceptive act” under state law, with each act constituting a separate violation.