Sam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor with the Tennessee Lookout, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row. He has led the Capitol Hill bureau for The Daily Memphian. His awards include Best Single Editorial from the Tennessee Press Association.
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Nearly a year after a person shot through the doorways of The Covenant School in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood and killed six people, the House passed legislation Monday setting stricter penalties for threats of mass violence.
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Entering the second year of a second four-year term, Gov. Bill Lee is singing the same chorus he did when he started five years ago: A heavy dose of private-school vouchers is the solution for Tennessee. -
Despite an audit showing a 146% turnover rate for correctional officers at CoreCivic-run prisons in 2023, the state will continue to contract with the private company, Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said Wednesday. -
Plaintiffs want expedited rulings -
Gov. Bill Lee is set to announce his support for a statewide Education Savings Account program next year, expanding from three large counties to every school district in the state, according to two lawmakers. -
Legislative panel to study rules connected to funds in early November -
Tennessee could be on the verge of rejecting nearly $1.9 billion in federal education funding with House and Senate leaders creating a group to study the potential impact. -
Neither the House nor the Senate would budge Thursday, forcing a “standoff” to continue until next week as lawmakers try to negotiate an end to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s special session. -
Few measures expected to pass Legislature -
A measure to expand DNA testing to every felony charge — including white collar crimes — is getting little support from Tennessee lawmakers, some of whom point out the current DNA testing system is beset by backlogs.
