House Speaker Cameron Sexton

When the Tennessee House re-elected Cameron Sexton as House Speaker on Tuesday, members of the public gallery booed the decision. Now, Sexton, R-Crossville, will have the power to ban vocal observers from the House under a new rules package passed Thursday for the 114th General Assembly.

The Tennessee General Assembly began its 2024 legislative session Tuesday. In the House, new procedures were put in place that limit the public’s access to floor hearings.

Tennessee lawmakers are poised to begin the 2020 legislative session, kicking off a busy next couple of months expected to be full of debates on criminal…

Tennessee state representatives formally elected a new House speaker on Friday, following months of chaos inside the GOP-dominated chamber as the former…