“Let me say for the billionth time: Reporters don’t root for any side. Period!” – Chris Cillizza, CNN Image Credit: Canva By William Haupt III [Tennessee Watchdog Journalist, Columnist, Author, and Citizen Legislator via The Center Square] – There was a time when gum shoe beat reporters patrolled the halls of smoke filled meeting rooms […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bill to remove the criminal offense for carrying a non-lethal self-defense weapon like pepper spray on a public college campus. The legislation has been titled the “Laken Riley Act of 2024” to honor its namesake, a nursing student […]
The House bill still differs from Senate version and could go to conference committee. Photo: Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, proposed an alternative tax solution that he said would solve any challenges to the state’s franchise tax by offering tax credits, without a “significant” cost. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – […]
Photo: A woman enters the Shelby Park Community Center in Nashville, Tenn., to vote in the Super Tuesday primary, March 5, 2024. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The controlling majority of the Tennessee House is unlikely to be decided in 2024, and there could be around a dozen […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – As the General Session winds to a close likely in the next couple of weeks, the opportunity for a law that will allow for Tennesseans to recall elected leaders they feel have failed to live up to promises they made when they were campaigning […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Senate Bill 2923 (SB2923), sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey (R-Sparta-District 15), would expand on the already implemented SAVE Act (Schools Against Violence in Education), which requires prevention and intervention training on the topics of severe weather, intruders, and other potential emergencies. This new piece of legislation would […]
The Tennessee House Has Passed A Bill That Will Allow Law Enforcement To Assign School Resource Officers To Schools That Have Not Entered Into An Agreement Between The Local School Board And Law Enforcement Agency To Provide The Service. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – The Tennessee House has passed a […]
Approval of the creation of a commission to oversee development of Nashville’s East Bank has been slowed in the legislature. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Legislation to create a special authority to oversee the 130-acre East Bank area surrounding the Titans stadium in Nashville could be reaching […]
House, Senate remain far apart on legislation. Photo: The Tennessee House of Representatives on the first day of the 2024 legislative session. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The House is maintaining its distance from the Senate with a franchise tax cut that would give one-year rebates […]
Image Credit: Canva By Danielle Goodrich [Tennessee Stands / Tri-Cities Coalition] – HB2063 / SB2691 which looks to ban geoengineering and forms of weather modification like (SRM) solar radiation modification, passed the House floor on April 1st despite attempts from the media and Democrats to thwart the effort. The legacy media first attacked the legislation […]
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