For three years and eight months, I had been free of it. At first, the freedom had not been intentional. A brief illness interrupted the habit, and I stopped abruptly, more from circumstance than …

There’s something about this time of year that feels like a fresh start. The calendar may still say summer, and the Tennessee heat certainly hasn’t gone anywhere, but you can feel the …

   Senate Democrats attempted to codify language against the Trump Administration’s Anti-Weaponization Fund into law.    On Tuesday, United States Senator Bill …

Senate advances legislation to protect communities, children, and election integrity amid busy week The Tennessee Senate continued moving a strong agenda aimed at protecting communities, …

My family just got back from a trip to Orlando with my mother and aunt. We had the bright idea to rent a 15-passenger van for the trip. It ultimately did save money on gas and such, and it definitely …

When Republicans earned the majority responsibility of governing Tennessee in 2011, lawmakers set out with a clear mission to lower the tax burden on hardworking families, strengthen small …

Hagerty, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Prohibit Foreign Nationals From Funding American Elections United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, …

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) probed three Tennessee universities, the University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Belmont University, after staff members were caught on camera admitting to …

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, recently joined “Balance of Power” …

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate June …

When it comes to health care, one of the biggest issues Tennesseans face is access to affordable care. Look no further than the rising cost of prescription drugs: According to the Department of …

Recently, I made the difficult decision to part ways with an employee at one of our newspapers. This individual held political and religious views very different from my own—views I respected …

In life and in football you never really know how good your team is until they take the field against someone else. Stats and confidence only go so far until the whistle blows. The same goes for …

Do you remember playing with those Magic 8 Balls® as a kid? You’d ask questions like, “Will I get an A in school?” or “Will I get that video game for Christmas?” …

Transparency is a cornerstone of a free society. As Thomas Jefferson, our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote, a government’s “just powers” are …

For a time, Tennessee’s SEC baseball series with Vanderbilt this past weekend looked promising. The Vols, needing a jolt of adrenaline to stay in the mix for a home regional berth, took …

Every year we celebrate Mothers in May. We could (and should) honor them all year, but there is just something about the blooming flowers and warmer weather that May brings that makes us think of our …

If you’ve been to a McDonald’s drive-thru in the past several months, chances are you were greeted with a friendly question. “Will you be using your mobile app today?” I …

If you’ve been to a McDonald’s drive-thru in the past several months, chances are you were greeted with a friendly question. “Will you be using your mobile app today?” I …

There’s a simple rule we should all be able to agree on: if you take someone’s money, they have a say in how you use it. That rule applies to individuals, businesses, and yes—even …