Image Credit: Shelby County Sheriff’s Office & StormChasingVideo.com / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A Memphis man accused of child rape is now facing additional charges after escaping from the police, only to turn himself in less than an hour later. 20-year-old Demarkus Davis was arrested on two counts of rape of a child […]
Image Credit: Senator Brent Taylor / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Legislature called off this week’s committee meetings and legislative schedule due to cold temperatures and the risk of snow and icy conditions on the state’s roads. “Due to the extreme weather, dangerous temperatures and resulting treacherous road conditions, we […]
ANALYSIS: DEI commitment includes a recent $17 million faculty initiative, ‘identity centers,’ and more. Image Credit: Vanderbilt University / Facebook By Maggie Kelly [Assistant Editor, The College Fix] – Vanderbilt University employs more than one full-time administrator for every two students, a College Fix analysis found. During the 2021-22 academic year, the most recent for […]
Image Credit: Office of the Tennessee Comptroller The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A former Knox County Governmental Library employee was paid more than $100,000 for work time she did not complete while more than $40,000 worth of additional compensation is being questioned over a 10-year span. Ashley Satterfield was indicted on a charge […]
Image Credit: PickPik / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill has been filed for a second time that would expand who is eligible for lifetime orders of protection in Tennessee. Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) is sponsoring House Bill 1645 (HB1645) and Senator Paul Rose (R-Covington-District 32) is sponsoring the […]
Image Credit: нυвιѕ тανєяη / Unsplash The Tennessee Conservative Staff – One Democrat legislator wants to make physician assisted suicide an option for Tennessee residents, calling it death in a “humane and dignified manner.” State Representative Bob Freeman (D-Nashville-District 56) filed House Bill 1710 (HB1710) to give terminally ill individuals access to drugs that could […]
Image Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service via Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A set of companion bills were filed in the first week of January that would change the current law, enabling law enforcement agencies to assign resource officers to schools who had not previously requested one. […]
Image Credit: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) has filed a bill to authorize the death penalty as punishment for child rapists who were an adult at the time of the crime. “They should forfeit their own life,” said Rep. […]
Four companies hired with maximum contracts totaling $56M. Image: Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Butch Eley, second from left, unveiling the first four toll lane projects proposed by the state at a December 2023 press conference. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Tennessee Department of Transportation hired […]
Lengthy testing delays can defer justice for crime victims and pose risks for public safety. Image Credit: rapecrisis.com By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – More than year after the murder of a Memphis kindergarten teacher brought renewed public attention to the state’s lengthy delays in testing sexual assault evidence, average turnaround times for lab […]
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