Tennessee

Tennesseans Stand Up Against Illegal Immigration At Protect Tennessee’s Borders Rally At State Capitol

The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Over 200 Conservative Tennesseans lined the steps of the State Capitol on Wednesday afternoon in support of The Tennessee Conservative’s Protect Tennessee’s Borders Rally. This rally was held in light of all the circumstances outlined in this recent Illegal Immigration Timeline, which includes conservative legislation killed by GOP lawmakers […]

Tennessee Senate Committee Votes To Block Dept. Of Tourist Development Public Records, Keeping Super Bowl Contracts Hidden For A Decade

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 […]

Tennessee Senate Education Committee Passes Private School Handgun Bill

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate Education Committee passed a bill that will allow private schools serving Pre-K through 12th grade students to establish handgun carry policies for their property. Senate Bill 1708 (SB1708), sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28), made a motion to pass the bill which aims to […]

Tennessee House Education Administration Passes Bill Allowing Law Enforcement Agencies To Assign Officers To Schools That Fail To Request One

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Tennessee House Education Administration Committee moved forward with legislation that would allow law enforcement agencies to assign an officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school that fails to request that one be assigned. House Bill 1664 (HB1664), sponsored by Representative Todd Warner […]

Memphis Pushes More Hotel Tax Funding For FedExForum Renovations

Image Credit: Ron Cogswell / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Memphis is looking for more funding for the renovations at the FedExForum and are pushing a pair of bills in the Tennessee Legislature to get that funding. The Legislature contributed $350 million in last year’s budget for renovations at the FedExForum and […]

Tennessee Agrees To Dole Out $8.8M More In FastTrack Incentive Grants

Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development has handed out more than $8.8 million in incentives since it last posted FastTrack incentives for February. Those include $3.4 million to Schneider Electric in Mount Juliet and Smyrna, $2.5 million to Shoals Technologies Group in Portland, $1.6 […]

Video Footage: Protect Tennessee Border’s Rally In Nashville!

The Tennessee Conservative Hosted the Protect TN’s Borders Rally on March 20th, 2024 in Nashville on the Capitol steps behind Beth Harwell Plaza at 1PM Central time. Brandon Lewis, founder of The Tennessee Conservative spoke and presented each speaker. Senator Janice Bowling was the first guest speaker… Followed by Senator Mark Pody… Representative Bryan Richey… […]

School Choice & Homeschooling: What’s Happened In Other States?

Image Credit: Canva submitted by Shaka Mitchell [Senior Fellow at The American Federation for Children / Tennessee Federation for Children] – Two streams of educational choice are converging: the growing number of homeschool students and the expansion of educational choice programs like Gov. Lee’s proposed Education Freedom Scholarship Accounts (EFSA). By now, it is old […]

Red Flag Gun Bill Headed To Tennessee Senate Floor For Consideration

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A red flag gun bill continues to progress through the Tennessee legislature. Senate Bill 1673 (SB1673), sponsored by Senator Becky Massey (R-Knoxville-District 6), and its companion, House Bill 1625 (HB1625), sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville-District 14), expands current state law requiring mental health professionals […]

Tennessee Bill Would Prohibit FBI From Pulling State Law Enforcement Resources Into Intelligence Operations Targeting Tennesseans

A Tennessee Bill That Aims To Prohibit The FBI From Pulling State Law Enforcement Resources Into Intelligence Operations Targeting Tennesseans They Believe To Be a Threat Due To Conservative Values And Beliefs Was Rolled To Final Senate Judiciary Calendar. Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week, a bill that […]