Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a joint resolution to ban a statewide property tax. House Joint Resolution 81 previously passed the House 81-11 and is the first step in a process to put the property tax ban in the Tennessee Constitution. The state doesn’t […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Senate approved a bill that would put state law on college athletics name, image and likeness rules in line with a lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletic Association by the Tennessee Attorney General. The bill would change Tennessee law to allow prospective […]
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee by transgender killer Audrey Hale. As one might expect, there are some memorials planned, including one in Tennessee on Easter Sunday. But it won’t be a solemn event paying tribute to the slain Christian children from the school. The […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – On Wednesday during a meeting of the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee, a bill that could have put illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes behind bars for life was “placed behind the budget.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO! House Bill 1872 (HB1872), sponsored by […]
Image Credit: Google Earth The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Tuff Torq Corporation in Morristown has been fined for violating federal child labor laws after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor. The company manufactures parts for John Deere, Toro, and Yamaha. The investigation, started in 2023, found that Tuff Torq […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Tennessee legislators are working through a bill that would prohibit the intentional release of chemicals into the air in an attempt to change the weather, temperature, or sunlight intensity. House Bill 2063 (HB2063), sponsored by Representative Monty Fritts (R-Kingston-District 32), has already passed through the House Agriculture […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Last year a bill, The Clarification Act, that protects children from being vaccinated without the informed consent of a parent was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. This week, the General Assembly has advanced a bill […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill to repeal and refund Tennessee’s franchise tax has two significant changes in the House. House Bill 1893 requires a list of companies receiving a portion of the $813.5 million refund to be named on the website of Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Memphis and the city’s convention and visitors bureau came to an agreement over hotel-motel tax funds for the renovation of the FedExForum but details of the agreement were not released. Rep. Kevin Vaughn, R-Collierville, said that the agreement means that the funding is in place […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Unemployment in Tennessee dropped to 3.3% for February after a slight rise in the seasonally adjusted rate a month before. The rate is the same as in February 2023 and below the 3.9% rate nationally. The drop comes after increased unemployment rates in 93 of […]
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