Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill to authorize the death penalty as punishment for child rapists in Tennessee was placed “behind the budget” during a meeting of the House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee this week. On February 7th, subcommittee members considered House Bill 1663 (HB1663), sponsored by Rep. […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook & Dylan Ashe / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s airports are proposed to get $82.5 million in direct state funding with a projected additional $13 million from the state’s Transportation Equity Fund in Gov. Bill Lee’s budget proposal. That includes $59.5 million in recurring budget […]
Image Credit: John Partipilo By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Unlike in previous years, when Tennessee’s coffers were flush with cash, the state budget will likely play a much more central role in this year’s legislative session as Gov. Bill Lee proposes spending down cash reserves for more business tax cuts and his […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing the state spend $207 million on state parks, blueways development, farmland conservation and outdoor recreation in this year’s budget. Overall, the budget proposal is for $52.6 billion with $25.4 billion from the state and $19.8 […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s budget proposal includes a $410 million annual tax cut that includes $1.2 billion in one-time costs. Overall, the budget proposal is for $52.6 billion with $25.4 billion from the state and $19.8 billion from federal funds. The […]
Lawmakers wary of cost for sending students to private schools. Photo: Gov. Bill Lee with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Nashville on Nov. 28, 2023, for Lee’s announcement he will push to provide private school vouchers statewide. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Facing a $610 million […]
Could a tax credit system solve the franchise taxes commerce clause debate while limiting the amount of revenue the state loses? Photo: Gov. Bill Lee, front, flanked by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, left, and Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, right. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – As Tennessee faces a […]
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: @SenBoWatson / X The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Senate Finance Chair Bo Watson said budget adjustments will be made because the state is $280 million behind its budgeted estimates on tax collections through the first five months of the fiscal year. “TN General Fund revenues for December underperformed as compared […]
Image Credit: Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee has now collected $279.9 million less than budgeted through the first five months of the fiscal year. December’s $1.9 billion in collections were $82.5 million less than budgeted In numbers released Friday afternoon. The December collections were […]
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