With apologies to Robert Zimmerman, “the times they are a-changing.”

Unlike Bob Dylan’s 1964 song of rebellion, Capitol Hill isn’t turning into a bed of liberals, although someday the first could be last. In fact, it could turn more conservative this fall before things take a different direction. But leadership down the line in both parties is due for a big turnover.

2. David Hawk Seeks Speaker post - Monday, August 20, 2018

Republican state Rep. David Hawk, an opponent of the 2017 IMPROVE Act and gas-tax increase, delivered the second shot for the House Speaker’s post, entering a race expected to hotly contested as the 111^th General Assembly prepares to convene.

3. State Rep. David Hawk Announces Tennessee House Speaker Bid in Contested Race - Friday, August 17, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee Republican Rep. David Hawk has announced that he is running for state House speaker, setting up a contested race to succeed Speaker Beth Harwell.

4. McCormick: No Evidence of Any Scandal - Thursday, June 28, 2018

Mercurial Republican Rep. Gerald McCormick went from kicking ass to kicking back. Only three days after saying his now-former Democratic opponent, David Jones, would realize how little he has in common with District 26 in Chattanooga “when he gets his ass beat in November,” McCormick abruptly announced he would not seek re-election this year and would be leaving the House effective Oct. 1.

5. Tennessee House Speaker Contender Won't Seek Re-Election - Tuesday, June 19, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A longtime Tennessee lawmaker who had expressed interest in running for House speaker says he won't seek re-election.

Republican Rep. Gerald McCormick of Chattanooga tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press he will withdraw from his House race Monday and will resign Oct. 1 to take a full-time job with Asa Engineering and Consulting in Nashville.

6. Report: Inequality Remains 50 Years After Kerner Report - Wednesday, February 28, 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Barriers to equality are posing threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated along racial lines and child poverty worsens, says a study examining the nation 50 years after the release of the landmark 1968 Kerner Report.

7. Despite Massive Turnover, GOP Owns Legislature - Thursday, November 16, 2017

2018 will be a year of change for the Tennessee General Assembly, and 2019 will bring even more, especially in leadership – much depending on the popularity of President Donald Trump.

Not only is the Legislature moving to the Cordell Hull Building, vacating the Legislative Plaza after 45 years or so, a number of legislative faces are changing, too, even before next year’s election.

8. ‘Divisive Symbols’: Mississippi Case Offers Hope for Forrest Bust Removal - Thursday, September 7, 2017

State Sen. Lee Harris is encouraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s request for the state of Mississippi to respond to a lawsuit seeking to remove the Confederate battle flag from its state flag.

9. Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust to Stay in Capitol - Friday, September 1, 2017

The Tennessee Capitol Commission blocked Gov. Bill Haslam’s request Friday, Sept. 1, to move the embattled Nathan Bedford Forrest bust out of the State Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum.

10. Medicaid Failure Behind Him, Governor Gets Road Funding Win - Monday, May 1, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Not long after seeing fellow Republicans in the Legislature reject his effort to expand Medicaid, Gov. Bill Haslam toured Tennessee to pitch another politically difficult proposal: a transportation plan that would end up including the state's first gas tax hike in nearly 30 years.

11. View From the Hill: IMPROVE Act an Insight Into Testy Election Ahead - Thursday, April 27, 2017

In case anyone’s keeping stats, Senate leadership soundly defeated House leadership this session in the gas tax/tax cut battle.

Whether this is a forerunner to a Republican gubernatorial primary remains to be seen as Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris and House Speaker Beth Harwell weigh decisions. It’s not as if they’d be facing off against each other, though, since businessman Bill Lee and former Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd are definitely in the race and not hurting for money.

12. Mistreated GOP Legislators Only Want to Be Heard - Thursday, April 13, 2017

Word has it extra tissue will be placed on the desks of some House members in the coming weeks so they can dry their tears of pain.

It seems a faction of the Republican supermajority just hasn’t gotten a fair hearing – from their own party – on opposition to Gov. Bill Haslam’s IMPROVE Act, which contains a dreaded gas and diesel tax increase to rebuild the state’s roads and bridges. It’s the gas tax versus the surplus, which is pretty big at $1 billion in one-time money and another billion in extra recurring money.

13. IMPROVE Act Could be Renamed; Alternative Plan in the Works - Friday, April 7, 2017

Legislation containing a gas-tax increase moved out of a key committee Wednesday, April 5, with proponents saying it could be called the IMPROVE Act or the 2017 Tax Cut Act because of several tax reductions designed to make it easier for Tennesseans to swallow.

14. Conservative State Republicans Want ‘Restart’ on Gas Tax - Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Claiming they’re not getting fair treatment by House leadership, a group of irritated Republicans demanded the governor’s gas-tax increase package go back to the starting line.

Rep. Jerry Sexton, a Republican from Bean Station in East Tennessee, said in a press conference Monday, April 3, he had spoken with House Speaker Beth Harwell and was told “we would get a restart.” He said the details haven’t been worked out.

15. Governor Haslam’s Fuel-Tax Bill Still Alive After Parliamentary Wrangling - Friday, March 3, 2017

NASHVILLE – Gov. Bill Haslam’s IMPROVE Act and fuel-tax increase plan remains alive after parliamentary moves Wednesday, March 1, in the House Transportation Subcommittee and action that led to the death of a competing bill.

16. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some of Those Who Died in 2016 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.

17. Harwell Wins GOP Nomination for New Term as House Speaker - Monday, November 21, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – House Speaker Beth Harwell on Thursday won the Republican nomination to serve for another two-year term as leader of the lower chamber of the Tennessee General Assembly.

18. After the Campaign - Saturday, November 22, 2014

The 2014 election year began in January with dissent from the floor.

At the end of the Shelby County Democratic Party’s annual Kennedy Day fundraiser in January, former Memphis City Council member and state Rep. Carol Chumney, who was not among the speakers, challenged the party establishment from her table to do more to support women running for office.

19. This week in Memphis history: September 19-25 - Saturday, September 20, 2014

2004: Roy Jones Jr. and Glen Johnson fought for the IBF light heavyweight championship at FedExForum. Johnson, the defending champion, knocked out Jones, the former champion, in the ninth round.

20. Cohen, Luttrell, Weirich, Harris Take Early Vote - Friday, August 8, 2014

Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has taken the early vote over challenger Ricky Wilkins in the hard fought Democratic Congressional primary on Thursday’s Shelby County election ballot.

21. Lawsuit Financing Company to Leave Tennessee - Wednesday, July 2, 2014

NASHVILLE (AP) – A new Tennessee law targeting the practice of financing the costs of lawsuits is leading an Illinois company to leave the state.

Oasis Legal Finance, one of the country's largest consumer legal funding services, announced it is leaving the Tennessee market as the law goes into effect Tuesday.

22. Malone to Challenge Luttrell In August Mayoral Showdown - Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Former Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone will challenge incumbent Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell in the August county general election after winning the Tuesday, May 6, Democratic mayoral primary.

23. Weirich Opens Re-Election Campaign - Wednesday, November 13, 2013

There were lots of judges on hand as Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich opened her re-election campaign Sunday, Nov. 10.

24. Berklee City Music Network Conference Returns to Memphis - Thursday, October 24, 2013

A national music conference is headed to Memphis, bringing a variety of leaders in education and fundraising, plus youth groups and music teachers, to the Westin Memphis Beale Street Hotel and Minglewood Hall for a concert and master class.

25. Harwell Travels to Pennsylvania for Mother's Funeral - Friday, March 15, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) – Rep. Curtis Johnson is presiding over the Tennesee House while Speaker Beth Harwell is away to attend to her mother's funeral.

26. Fink Joins Diamond Cos. as Senior Vice President - Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Justin Fink has joined Diamond Cos., an International truck dealership holding company, as senior vice president, truck sales. In the new role, Fink oversees new and used truck sales, and helps develop programs and processes to grow customer relationships, sales and profits.

27. Titans Lose 27-13 to Previously Winless Colts - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Of all the losses they've had to the Indianapolis Colts, this had to be one of the toughest for the Tennessee Titans.

Dan Orlovsky threw for one touchdown, Donald Brown ran 80 yards for another late in the game and the Colts won their first game of the season, 27-13. The loss has the Titans (7-7) on the brink of elimination from the playoff race.

28. Chism Vying With Jackson for Court Clerk - Thursday, December 1, 2011

With one week to the filing deadline, the race for General Sessions Court Clerk is the busiest of the four races to be decided next year in the March 6 county primaries and the Aug. 2 general elections.

29. Chism Vying With Jackson for GS Court Clerk - Wednesday, November 30, 2011

With one week to the filing deadline, the race for General Sessions Court Clerk is the busiest of the four races to be decided next year in the March 6 county primaries and the Aug. 2 general elections.

30. Lease on Former Three Alarm Studio in Foreclosure Again - Friday, September 16, 2011

The leasehold on a former Downtown Memphis fire station with a checkered 25-year history and a strategic location – 200 Linden Ave. – is facing foreclosure again.

31. Turner Stays on To Lead Local Democrats - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Van Turner Jr. remains the Shelby County Democratic Party chairman after a weekend local party convention.

And Turner, who ran unopposed for the chairmanship, is hoping for a reversal of party fortunes in the next two years.

32. Turner ReElected Local Democratic Party Chairman - Monday, April 11, 2011

Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Van Turner Jr. was re-elected to a new term Saturday without opposition.

The day before the local Democratic convention at American Way Middle School, potential opposition surfaced in the form of attorney Curtis D. Johnson Jr., who sent out a letter to party leaders and activists.

33. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Monday, January 31, 2011

If art is about risk-taking, the joint production of Michael Ching’s opera a capella “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Opera Memphis, Playhouse on the Square and Delta Capella/RIVA risks about as much as one show possible can.

34. Ark. Financial Adviser Announces Senate Bid - Wednesday, September 23, 2009

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said Tuesday he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.

35. Kiesewetter Wise’s Thompson Named Among Top 100 Labor Attorneys - Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Tanja L. Thompson has been named among the nation’s Top 100 Labor Attorneys by the Labor Relations Institute for the second consecutive year.

Thompson is a member of Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather PLC and is the only labor attorney in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi to receive this professional honor, which puts her in the top 1 percent of labor attorneys throughout the U.S.

36. State Bill Would Remove Cities' Limit on Tourism Promotion - Friday, March 21, 2008

NASHVILLE (AP) - A proposal to remove the limit on how much a city can spend on tourism promotion is advancing in the Legislature.

The measure sponsored by Rep. Curtis Johnson, a Clarksville Republican, passed the House on Thursday. It unanimously passed the Senate earlier this week.

37. Retired Memphian Channels Work Ethic Into Library Lectures - Friday, August 18, 2006

He makes no promises of door prizes; he offers no sweet or salty snacks. And he doesn't give free sodas to guests.

Still, you can bet that on the second Thursday of every month, Curtis White manages to bring in enough people to fill every chair of the meeting room at the Poplar-White Station Branch Library.

38. American Inn of Court Shows Clarence Darrow Story - Monday, January 9, 2006

Jan. 10

The Center City Revenue Finance Corporation meets at 9:30 a.m. at the Center City Commission, 114 N. Main St. Contact Andy Kitsinger at 575-0540.

39. Archived Article: Trends - Monday, June 13, 2005
By Andy Meek

Large Award Puts New Spotlight on Tort Reform

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

In a trial that lasted only two and a half days, two attorneys with Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC convinced a Tennessee jury to award $16.4 million to...

40. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects

Julie Wittichen Gasaway has become an associate at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects. She joined the firm in 1990 and earned a bachelors degree from the University o...

41. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, September 18, 2002
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Carol B. Tsagarakis joined Pickering Environmental Consultants Inc. as a project manager. She is a registered environmental engineer and has 18 years experience. Tsagarakis earned a bachelors degree from Christian Brothers University. Cat...

42. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, March 11, 2002
Calendar of events Jan Calendar of events March 11-March 17 March 11 Network of Memphis, an organization of progressive, professional and entrepreneuring women meets the second Monday of the month at Napa Cafe in Sanderlin Centre at 5:30 p.m. Guest ...

43. Archived Article: Catering (lead) - Tuesday, January 26, 1999
By LAURIE JOHNSON New catering firm asks for zoning variance By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News A new Memphis catering firm has applied for a zoning variance that will allow it to operate out of a former school cafeteria on Winchester Road. The cateri...

44. Archived Article: Madison Commons Lj - Tuesday, June 2, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Renovations planned for Madison properties By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The buildings at 119 and 121 Madison Ave. Downtown dont look like much right now. Sitting empty, with their faded exteriors and chipped storefront letterin...

45. Archived Article: Real Fcs (ipix) Lj - Tuesday, March 24, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Web site walk-through A new agreement with Interactive Pictures Inc. lets consumers tour Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and ERA-listed homes via the Internet By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News After spending a day touring homes that all...

46. Archived Article - Monday, October 20, 1997
By SUZANNE THOMPSON By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News A group of Memphis attorneys recently formed a group called the Tennessee Tobacco Litiga- tion Legal Committee to give plaintiffs in tobacco-related suits a better ability to fig...

47. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, July 17, 1997
Bobby Newcomb vs Bobby Newcomb vs. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and The Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co., as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Co. A Cordova man is suing several tobacco companies in Circuit Court. According to the suit, Newco...

48. Archived Article: St. Mary's Lj - Wednesday, April 24, 1996
lj 10/5 cates St. Marys performing arts center should be ready for 1996 school year By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Starting next school year, students and staff involved in the fine and performing arts at St. Marys Episcopal School will find a lot...

49. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, March 7, 1996
03-07 Benchmark Kenyatta Naantaanbuu, Sylvia Naantaanbuu, Larry Gilmore and Clifton Pike vs. Donald W. Bumpas, Joyce A. Bumpas and Jerry Massengill. Four residents of the Windy Hollow Subdivision have filed a suit in Circuit Court regarding the cons...

50. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, January 25, 1996
benchmark Kelly Watson vs. Mid-South Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, Louise Jones and Dennis Spears. A Millington man has filed suit in Circuit Court against his employer for wrongful termination. While employed by Mid-South Eye Bank for Sight Resto...