Image Credit: CoreCivic / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Department of Corrections has had to rely on overtime and what some officers described as a “hostile environment” due to understaffing and other issues at its facilities, according to an audit from the Tennessee Comptrollers’ Office. The report said the department spent […]
Image Credit: Axle Logistics / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development is giving Axle Logistics a $5 million incentive for its $37.9 million expansion in Knoxville. The company said it plans to add 651 jobs over the next five years. The company expects to build an […]
Image Credit: State Senator Richard Briggs / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Sen. Richard Briggs (R-Knoxville-District 7) has announced new legislation called the “Freedom to Have Children and a Family Act,” which would weaken Tennessee’s current abortion law under the guise that women cannot be properly treated by their doctors under current […]
Republican Representative Gino Bulso Has Filed A Bill That Aims To Create A Mechanism That Parents Can Use To Compel Compliance With Tennessee’s Age Appropriate Materials Act Of 2022, Without Having To Withstand Extended And Costly Litigation. Image Credit: Government of Prince Edward Island / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – As […]
Image Credit: @GinoBulso / X The Tennessee Conservative Staff – New legislation has been introduced for the upcoming general session that would allow private schools in Tennessee to create a policy for allowing handguns on campus. House Bill 1631 (HB1631), sponsored by State Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood-District 61), clarifies that “a private school serving students […]
Chancellor Perkins refuses to open public records in Campbell case. Image: Republican House Caucus Chair Jeremy Faison. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – State documents in an open records lawsuit dealing with the sexual harassment case of former Rep. Scotty Campbell contained notes dealing with an alleged victim complaint […]
Image Credit: From Left – Speaker Cameron Sexton, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, & Gov. Bill Lee Image Credit: Lt. Governor Randy McNally / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally will not be presiding over the Senate when the Legislature returns to session Jan. 9. Instead, the Republican will […]
Image Credit: tn.gov/education The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The state of Tennessee spent 43% of the state sales tax on education last fiscal year and 56 cents of every dollar of state and local sales tax went to education in that same span. Sales tax accounts for most of both state and local […]
Image Credit: TNECD / YouTube The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee gave out an average of $5,895 in FastTrack incentive grants for each promised job in 2023, down from $7,385 in 2022, according to data from Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development. Overall, the 2023 numbers are just below the $5,754 average […]
Image Credit: Tax Credits by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennesseans claimed more than $288 million in tax credits last fiscal year, according to a new tax credit report from the Department of Revenue. The most credits came from $86.5 million from 71 taxpayers for community investment […]
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