Image: Sen. Todd Gardenhire has filed a lawsuit to obtain access to writings by the Covenant School shooter. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – More than a year after The Covenant School mass shooting, the House will take up a measure this week prohibiting third parties from […]
Image Credit: Antony-22 / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A Tennessee bill to hide autopsy reports of murdered children from the general public is scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor following its passage by a vote of 86-1 in the House of Representatives last week. If passed, this legislation could […]
Image: A rendering of new Nissan Stadium in Nashville Image Credit: Nissan Motor Corporation The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill that would allow the Tennessee Department of Tourism to keep mega-event contracts hidden for up to 10 years headed to the desk of Gov. Bill Lee this week, where it’s expected to […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill that obscures deals made through the Department of Tourist Development has passed in both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly. (SB2093), being carried by Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-District 27), aims to to block public access to records detailing deals made through the department. […]
Tennessee Legislation With The Goal To Block Transparency Of Records In Department Of Tourist Development As New Stadium and Future Super Bowl Prospects Expect To Bring Billions In New Tax Revenue Advances Toward Passage Into Law. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Legislation that would enable state government to obscure […]
Image Credit: Robertson County Schools The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A recent public records request for information related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trainings and initiatives employed by Robertson County Public Schools since May 1st, 2022, shows that resources utilized by the district are heavily laced with gender theory, critical race theory […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Right on Transparency coalition is asking five states to stop restricting public records requests based on residency. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Tennessee and Virginia all are known to restrict records requests based upon residency. The coalition has published model policy to change those laws. “Barring […]
Image Credit: Canva By Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government [via The Tennessee Lookout] – An often quoted phrase related to open government is one by Louis Brandeis, an attorney and associate justice on the Supreme Court whose work and writings spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “Sunlight is […]
Photo: Margie Quin, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, photographed on June 2, 2023. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Tennessee Court of Appeals has set aside a lower court’s decision that has kept records related to a Shelby County child’s death from being released to […]
Image: House Bill Sponsor Rebecca Alexander (R-Jonesborough-District 7) presents HB1695 on the House Floor. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill to keep autopsy reports of murdered children hidden from the public passed in a vote on the Tennessee House floor yesterday afternoon. After a voice vote adopted an amendment […]
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