Tennessee

Tennessee Bill That Increases Criminal Penalty For Indirectly Causing Abuse, Imminent Harm To A Child Heads To Governor’s Desk For Signature

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A bill that increases the penalty for those who indirectly cause harm or death to a child (in that they aren’t the actual person who inflicted the abuse) heads to Governor Lee’s desk for signature as it has passed successfully through both chambers of the […]

Tennessee Bill To Authorize Retired Law Enforcement, Veterans To Serve As School Resource Officers Moves Forward

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – The Tennessee House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee has recommended a bill for passage that would allow Tennessee public and charter schools to hire retired law enforcement and military personnel as on-campus security in School Resource Officer positions. House Bill 1899 (HB1899), sponsored by Representative […]

Republicans Call Tennessee Education Commissioner’s Credentials Into Question

Image Credit: tn.gov & State Representative Todd Warner / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Some House Republicans have now joined in calling for the resignation of Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds.  State Representative Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill-District 92) is speaking out after Reynolds recently admitted to falsifying documents in an attempt to obtain a […]