Senate Education Chair John Lundberg’s defeat draws eyebrow raising comments from former President Trump
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Primary challenges, voucher impact, and other things to watch in the state primary
Today voters across the state will decide the primary races for 16 State Senate seats along with all 99 State.
- by Sky Arnold
- August 1, 2024
Rep. Scott Cepicky calls Governor Lee’s voucher bill “terrible” despite receiving his endorsement in next month’s primary
Rep. Scott Cepicky calls Governor Lee’s voucher bill “terrible” despite receiving his endorsement in next month’s primary.
- by Sky Arnold
- July 25, 2024
Conservative challenger Ray Jeter outraises Rep. Scott Cepicky with Maury County contributions
Representative Scott Cepicky, R-Culleoka, has won three elections for House district 64 by comfortable margins, but this week’s campaign filings.
- by Sky Arnold
- July 12, 2024
Senate GOP challenger Bobby Harshbarger lists former TSU President Glenda Glover as one of his largest contributors
Senate district 4 challenger Bobby Harshbarger prominently lists supporting “anti-woke education” as one of his campaign priorities yet the fifth.
- by Sky Arnold
- July 11, 2024
Representative Scott Cepicky misleads the public in radio interview on his school vouchers plan
Rep. Cepicky made the case that reducing testing and teacher evaluations spurs creativity and innovation in the classroom, but a.
- by Sky Arnold
- July 10, 2024
House challenger Ray Jeter wants to build education up in Tennessee, not throw it in the trash as his opponent suggested
Ray Jeter says the construction company he manages in Maury County operates with one key motto for its staff. Build.
- by Sky Arnold
- June 11, 2024
House education leaders decline to vote on bill outlawing marriage between first cousins
Two State Representatives who’ve played a big role in education legislation this session were among the nine Republicans who declined.
- by Sky Arnold
- April 11, 2024
State lawmakers continue to advance conflicting plans to reduce the number of fourth-graders held back under new reading requirements
Tennessee lawmakers have expressed a desire to reduce the number of fourth-graders held back this summer under new state reading.
- by Reana Gibson
- April 2, 2024
Questions remain after Education Freedom Scholarship Act passes two key committees
Walter Blanks Jr. says his experience with public schools growing up in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio was.
- by Sky Arnold
- March 7, 2024