Image Credit: Brent Moore / CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A law passed in 2021, changing the way state laws are challenged, has some concerned that the door has been opened for partisan redistricting in Tennessee and dissension among panel judges. Supporters of the legislation agreed that it made more sense to have a […]
Image Credit: Anastasia Shuraeva / Pexels / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – The state of Tennessee was supposed to have effectively dropped Common Core curriculum for Math and English, back in 2021. A law was implemented that year that officially banned textbooks and instructional materials created to “align exclusively with Common […]
Image Credit: iStock The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Another piece of legislation regarding age-appropriate materials for minors has been filed by Rep. John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge-District 33). House Bill 1661 (HB1661) as introduced, would enact the “Restricted Access by Minors to Obscene Library Materials Act” and amend Tennessee Code Annotated Title 10, Chapter […]
Image Credit: State Representative John Ragan / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Two new bills have been filed for the 2024 General Assembly that all but prohibit the ability of certain foreign entities to do business in or with the state of Tennessee. Additionally, foreign agents from certain countries will be […]
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 […]
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. […]
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