Erica Meltzer is National Editor at Chalkbeat, where she covers education policy and politics. Erica was a founding editor of the local news site Denverite. Before that, she covered everything from housing and energy policy to crime and courts for newspapers in three states. She served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay.

Nationally, the city that saw the most stark increase in home costs was Pine Hills, Florida, with a nearly 280% change in home costs between 2014 and 2024. Knoxville was the only city in the Volunteer State to crack Construction Coverage's top 100 list.

Memphis basketball won't play Tennessee this year, but that doesn't mean the Tigers aren't competing with the Volunteers. Each team has a transfer — PJ Haggerty for Memphis, Chaz Lanier for Tennessee — playing at an All-American level.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tennessee hunters may soon be able to use drones to find wounded deer. House Bill 0175 and Senate Bill 0130 would allow lawmakers to authorize the use of drones to locate and retrieve deer that have been wounded by hunters.

More than two years after Tennessee enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, lawmakers are poised to take up a handful of competing bills that could preserve — or further limit and punish — access to remaining reproductive care.

Gov. Bill Lee announced he’ll call a special legislative session to take up his statewide school voucher bill and measures to prepare for immigration policies under President-elect Donald Trump.

When you're looking to make a trip to Tennessee's music cities, it's often a debate of Memphis vs Nashville. If you're really wanting to enjoy everything that each of these great cities offer, you'll need to pick one for your musical pilgrimage.

Tennessee’s 114th General Assembly convened with another GOP supermajority and an expectation from Gov. Bill Lee to pass his statewide school voucher plan early. But dozens of other bills could affect public school students and families,

Tennessee lawmakers are proposing legislation which would put parents on the hook for restitution to law enforcement agencies if their child i

Following the announcement that Tennessee State University band director Dr. Reginald McDonald has been placed on administrative leave, it is still unclear if Tennessee State will make an appearance in the Southern Heritage Classic.

Three aspiring charter operators are interested in opening schools in Memphis and Nashville under a new state law aimed at creating options for youth considered at risk of becoming disconnected from traditional public schools.

District Attorney Steve Mulroy has said Sen. Brent Taylor’s resolution to oust him is unprecedented. But the move to form a joint committee to consider removal of a district attorney has been used in