Image Credit: New York Public Library via Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill has been filed to enact the “Tennessee State Sovereignty Act of 2024” which would effectively set up a legislative committee to protect against federal infringements on Tennessee’s constitutional rights as a state. While not the […]
Image Credit: Nick Kenrick /CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – State Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17) has introduced a bill that would require hospitals to allow in-person visitation for the entirety of a patient’s hospital stay. Senate Bill 1641 (SB1641) stipulates that an individual who is “designated to make healthcare decisions” has the right to […]
Image Credit: pixabay via Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week, a bill to expand the number of disorders that are automatically screened for in newborns when they are born in the state of Tennessee passed on its first consideration. Senate Bill 1791 (SB1791), sponsored by Senator Becky […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A pair of Tennessee Democrats are proposing the state drop its grocery sales tax while increasing business taxes to cover for the expense. Tennessee Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, and Sen. Charlane Oliver, D-Nashville, plan to propose a bill that will end the 4% state grocery […]
Image Credit: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury / YouTube The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A Tennessee bill would cap property tax increases in the state at 2% plus inflation each year and 6% plus inflation over a three-year span. A higher percentage increase in property tax rates would require a referendum. Beacon Center […]
Image Credit: @SenBoWatson / X The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Senate Finance Chair Bo Watson said budget adjustments will be made because the state is $280 million behind its budgeted estimates on tax collections through the first five months of the fiscal year. “TN General Fund revenues for December underperformed as compared […]
Image Credit: U.S. NAVY via Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A bill dealing with Local Education Agencies and the process by which complaints can be filed by certain persons regarding prohibited concepts being taught or promoted in public and charter schools has been placed on the calendar for the […]
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: 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. […]
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