State News

Bridgestone Foods Gets $1.3M Incentive Grant For Lebanon Facility

Image Credit: Bridgetown Natural Foods  / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Bridgetown Natural Foods is receiving $1.3 million through incentives for its $78.3 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Tennessee. The project in Lebanon is being awarded a FastTrack Job Training Assistance Grant that was not disclosed Wednesday and was first listed […]

American Classical Academy Announces Rutherford County School Location

Press Release – La Vergne, TENN. — American Classical Academy Rutherford is pleased to announce our school location in Rutherford County.  “This is a very exciting step toward the opening of American Classical Academy Rutherford in the fall of 2024,” said Phillip Schwenk, head of school for American Classical Academy Rutherford. “Of all the locations we […]

Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Protecting Foster And Adoptive Families

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A bill protecting Tennessee foster and adoptive families from being forced to support policies regarding sexual orientation and gender identity that violate the family’s moral or religious beliefs has now passed in the Senate.  Senate Bill 1738 (SB1738) passed as amended with 24 Ayes and […]

Bill To Close College Board Meetings Fails In Tennessee House Subcommittee

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Legislation to allow public college boards to close meetings to discuss “sensitive” matters will not proceed after a House subcommittee killed the bill Monday. The House’s Higher Education Subcommittee voted 4-3 against the legislation, with the two Democrats on the panel voting in favor […]

Tennessee Senate Approves Franchise Tax Repeal, $1.6B Refund

Image: SB2103 Sponsor, Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-Distirct 27) Image Credit: @CSexton25 / X The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would end a franchise tax on business property in the state along with refunding as much as $1.6 billion to businesses that previously paid the tax. Senate Bill […]

Tennesseans Stand Up Against Illegal Immigration At Protect Tennessee’s Borders Rally At State Capitol

The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Over 200 Conservative Tennesseans lined the steps of the State Capitol on Wednesday afternoon in support of The Tennessee Conservative’s Protect Tennessee’s Borders Rally. This rally was held in light of all the circumstances outlined in this recent Illegal Immigration Timeline, which includes conservative legislation killed by GOP lawmakers […]