access:free, al, alabama, alabama politics, hi, local, news, politics and sports, ssts:news:politics, ssts:news:politics:elections, sstsn:elections, sstsn:politics, tag:campaigns & elections, tag:courts & judiciary, tag:democratic party, tag:government, tag:legal, tag:legislative branch, tag:overall negative, tag:overall neutral, tag:politics, tag:republican party, tag:tennessee, tag:tennessee general assembly, tag:tn sharing middle tennessee news, tag:tn sharing tennessee statewide news, type:story