The White House is experimenting with state-level immigration laws in Tennessee, but most of those proposals have hit resistance, and it's now do-or-die time for any bills. An expansion of private school vouchers is also far from a done deal with some Republicans objecting to doubling the program without performance data available. And the state’s $58 billion budget has lobbyists in a frenzy to make sure their project is included. It’s the biggest business that remains for the Tennessee legislature with members of the state house press corps as our guide.

Guests:

• Marianna Bacallao, power & equity reporter, WPLN News
• Melissa Brown, bureau chief, Chalkbeat Tennessee
• Sarah Grace Taylor, reporter, Nashville Banner
• Erik Schelzig, editor, The Tennessee Journal
• Mandy Spears, executive vice president, Sycamore Institute