Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – House Bill 1645 (HB1645) was passed in a voice vote in the Civil Justice Subcommittee on January 23, 2024. This bill, filed for introduction on January 5th of this year, “expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Tennessee’s House K-12 Subcommittee voted Tuesday to move forward with a bill that would require schools to institute policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). House Bill 1630 (HB1630), sponsored by State Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka-District 64), mandates that all state universities and K-12 public and […]
Constitutional Republican Groups Deny They Are PACs (Political Action Committees) And That The Complaint Lacks Substance And Appears To Be Politically Motivated. Image: The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance meeting on Jan. 23, 2024. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance is requesting […]
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: Erik Mclean / Pexels The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee has committed to hand out $17.9 million in grants for the development of 12 sites in order to prepare those sites for potential businesses. The grants are part of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s Site Development Grant program, […]
Image Credit: RawPixel / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – While liberals decry the book reviews that the Wilson County School Board has overseen since April 2022, the district’s high school libraries have fewer books on political topics that espouse a conservative viewpoint. A search across all of the county’s high school […]
Image Credit: The Satanic Temple / Facebook & Homes.com The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – This month, community members gathered outside of Chimneyrock Elementary School in Cordova, Tennessee, to protest during a meeting of the Satanic Temple’s After School Satan Club (ASSC). The Satanic Temple currently maintains active after school clubs in California, Ohio, […]
Image Credit: Museum of the Bible / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislators are looking again at making the Bible the state book of Tennessee. State Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood-District 61) has introduced House Bill 1828 (HB1828) which would make the Aitken Bible, along with several other written works, an official state book in […]
Image Credit: Google Maps The Tennessee Conservative Staff – According to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, parents who are plaintiffs in a previously brought lawsuit regarding school vouchers can sue the state and the governor over the state’s Education Savings Account (ESA) program. The Court’s three-judge panel decided that the original plaintiffs in McEwen v. […]
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 […]
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