A new bipartisan congressional bill aims to speed up the timeline for the Veterans Affairs (VA) construction project.
The Faster VA Construction Act, introduced by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and her colleagues, would allow VA construction projects to use commercial building codes and standards whenever possible.
The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation allowing the state to establish a new congressional district map on Thursday that Republicans say will “maximize alignment of political representation with Tennessee’s voter preferences.”
A new investigative piece by journalist and Dao Prize winner Luke Rosiak highlights what he says is widespread waste and potential abuse in Medicaid-funded home health care programs in Ohio, raising more questions about how taxpayer dollars are being spent under federal and state waiver systems.
Rosiak’s reporting, shared in the form of an X article, focuses on what he describes as a “massive trove of data” on Medicaid billing that he says allows the public, for the first time, to examine how companies are reimbursed for home-based care services.
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) spoke exclusively with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy on Wednesday, outlining new legislation aimed at expanding cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, while also criticizing Democrats over immigration enforcement and their continued refusal to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
State Senator Mark Pody says a new Tennessee law allowing schools to display the Ten Commandments is rooted not in establishing religion, but in recognizing historical influences on the nation’s founding, a principle that guided how he helped craft the legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Tennessee Senate on Thursday narrowly approved an expansion of the state’s Education Freedom Scholarship program, advancing a version of House Bill 2532 that would grow the program to 35,000 students, an increase of 15,000 scholarships from the initial amount offered during the program’s first year.
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