Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to launch a state-funded program that gives people who live out-of-state a $250 airline voucher to travel to Tennessee is drawing criticism from Sen. Brenda Gilmore (D-Nashville) who says the administration hasn’t focused enough on families…
Research shows that state budgets have shortchanged Tennessee State University by at least $150.5 million since 1956. Sen. Brenda Gilmore (D-Nashville) says the legislature and governor have a duty to restore funds that should have been allotted to Tennessee State…
Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus cheered a decision to relocate the bust of early KKK leader and enslaver Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Tennessee Historical Commission voted 25–1 Tuesday in favor of a petition to move the Forrest statue to…
On Sunday, Sen. Brenda Gilmore led the commemoration for the life of Debra K. Johnson with a drive down a Middle Tennessee parkway that now bears her name. Ms. Johnson, a longtime corrections official who was killed in the line…
Sen. Brenda Gilmore, a longtime North Nashville lawmaker, got her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine—and she is encouraging every Tennessean, especially disproportionately affected Black and Brown citizens, to make an appointment. “I am feeling great after receiving my first dose…
A new historical marker has been erected in the Edgehill neighborhood, honoring a local artist. On Saturday, Mayor John Cooper was joined by Sen. Brenda Gilmore, Rep. John Ray Clemmons, and other community leaders at the former Murrell Elementary School…
