Image Credit: Office of the Tennessee Comptroller The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A former Knox County Governmental Library employee was paid more than $100,000 for work time she did not complete while more than $40,000 worth of additional compensation is being questioned over a 10-year span. Ashley Satterfield was indicted on a charge […]
Image Credit: PickPik / Public Domain By Sheri Super [Chair, Moms For Liberty-Knox County, TN] – The LGBTQ agenda was on full display last week when the Knox County Board of Education discussed removing the specific reference to perceived gender and sexual orientation from the Harassment of Students policy and replacing it with the word […]
Image Credit: PickPik / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill has been filed for a second time that would expand who is eligible for lifetime orders of protection in Tennessee. Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) is sponsoring House Bill 1645 (HB1645) and Senator Paul Rose (R-Covington-District 32) is sponsoring the […]
Image Credit: нυвιѕ тανєяη / Unsplash The Tennessee Conservative Staff – One Democrat legislator wants to make physician assisted suicide an option for Tennessee residents, calling it death in a “humane and dignified manner.” State Representative Bob Freeman (D-Nashville-District 56) filed House Bill 1710 (HB1710) to give terminally ill individuals access to drugs that could […]
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. […]
Image Credit: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) has filed a bill to authorize the death penalty as punishment for child rapists who were an adult at the time of the crime. “They should forfeit their own life,” said Rep. […]
Four companies hired with maximum contracts totaling $56M. Image: Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Butch Eley, second from left, unveiling the first four toll lane projects proposed by the state at a December 2023 press conference. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Tennessee Department of Transportation hired […]
Lengthy testing delays can defer justice for crime victims and pose risks for public safety. Image Credit: rapecrisis.com By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – More than year after the murder of a Memphis kindergarten teacher brought renewed public attention to the state’s lengthy delays in testing sexual assault evidence, average turnaround times for lab […]
Image Credit: Office of the Tennessee Comptroller The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The former financial administrative assistant for Knox County Rescue was allegedly found to have misappropriated more than $44,000 during an investigation from the Tennessee Comptroller’s office. Charlotte McLawhorn is accused of spending more than $24,550.30 of KCR funds via credit card […]
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