Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin will travel to Tennessee on Saturday to campaign for congressional candidate Aftyn Behn, who is running in a deep red district in a December special election — a sign of Democratic bullishness coming off of positive election results Tuesday.

When it comes to addressing Tennessee's teacher shortage, Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton (R-Cookeville) believes it's time to "think outside of the box," but his idea to possibly drop the state's bachelor's degree requirement for teachers is drawing some criticism.