TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 11, 2023

The Tennessee Journal, a longtime state government news publication, and its bill tracking service has been acquired by State Affairs, a 2021 startup delivering political news in several states. The journal and Tennessee Legislation Service was owned by M. Lee Smith Publishers. Smith, onetime legal counsel to Gov. Winfield Dunn, founded the journal in 1975. Editor Erik Schelzig, a former Associated Press reporter, will continue to run the publication, the Nashville Post reports. In addition to Tennessee, State Affairs has reporters in Georgia, Indiana and Kansas.