***Update 2.27.24 – The article has been updated with relevant legislation being considered in the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly.*** Image Credit: Blake Wylie / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes, Kelly M. Jackson & Jason Vaughn] – Foreward While Republican leadership takes to social media and the campaign trail, pledging their promises to combat […]
Lamb Chop lives. Mallory Lewis, daughter of famed puppeteer Shari Lewis, is making good on a promise she made to her mother. She said, “I promised my mom I would keep Lamb Chop alive.” She grew up with Lamb Chop, her “sister” and often slept with the puppet as a child. She joined her mother’s […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A bill that proposes the ability for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) to terminate parental rights within 10 business days after a court has found the parents of the child/children to be “substantially non-compliant,” has passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee with […]
Image Credit: Collegedale Public Library / Facebook -submitted by Conni Leonessa I am a retired pediatric Registered nurse. In my career experience and subsequent research, I have learned much about the epidemic of child sexual abuse and its consequences. Back in August of 2023, I volunteered to do a free seminar for parents to equip […]
Image: Bill sponsor Representative Mary Littleton (R-D78-Dickson) Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A bill that increases the penalty for those who indirectly cause harm or death to a child (in that they aren’t the actual person who inflicted the abuse) moved directly through the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee to […]
A federal watchdog found that the Biden administration did not vet the adults who volunteered to take in unaccompanied minors who illegally cross the southern border. I will take a beat here and let that sink in. If that finding doesn’t send a chill up your spine, I don’t know what will. In 2021, the […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson & The Tennessee Conservative Staff] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House State Government Committee by voice vote, led by Chair Kelly […]
A running battle between a private Christian school in Tavares, Florida, and one family has come to a head, with the family’s two children being expelled. However, it was not the children’s behavior or academic performance that led to their dismissal from Liberty Christian Preparatory School. It was the fact that their mother has an […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House Public Service Subcommittee with relative ease by voice vote, led by Chair Iris Rudder. For […]
The short answer is not really unless you tweak the numbers for both gun violence and car accidents. This is something I wrote about last April. It has become commonplace for the White House and left wing commentators to claim that gun violence is the number one cause of death for children. But as I […]
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