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: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate State and Local Government Committee unanimously passed a bill that would keep autopsy reports of murdered children hidden from the public on Wednesday. Senate Bill 2020 (SB2020), sponsored by Senator Shane Reeves (R-Bedford/Cannon/Moore/Rutherford-District 14), states that reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of […]
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 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 […]
Photo: Sen. Shane Reeves, R-Murfreesboro, is sponsoring a bill that would close public college board meetings to discuss “sensitive” topics. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Middle Tennessee State University’s board chair is pushing legislation, sponsored by State Sen. Shane Reeves and Rep. Mark White, that would enable […]
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 […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The House State Government Committee passed legislation that allows the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to keep records hidden from the public if the attorney general and tourism commissioner deem it necessary. House Bill 1692 (HB1692), sponsored by Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44), would allow those records […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson & The Tennessee Conservative Staff] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House State Government Committee by voice vote, led by Chair Kelly […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Recently proposed legislation would allow the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to keep records hidden from the public at the discretion of the attorney general and tourism commissioner. House Bill 1692 (HB1692), sponsored by Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44), would allow those records to be exempt from […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House Public Service Subcommittee with relative ease by voice vote, led by Chair Iris Rudder. For […]
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