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Tennessee House Subcommittee Fails Bill To Prevent Business With “Foreign Adversaries” Of The U.S. In Voice Vote Led By Chair Iris Rudder

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation that would prohibit Tennessee from having a business relationships with foreign adversaries of the United States failed in the House Public Service Subcommittee on Tuesday by voice vote led by Republican Chair Iris Rudder. House Bill 1841 (HB1841) was sponsored by State Representative John Ragan (R-Oak […]

Senate Judiciary Chair Todd Gardenhire Comes Down Hard On Bail Bill

Chattanooga Republican says amendment will target Shelby County, fill up jails and hurt counties. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Senate Judiciary Chairman Todd Gardenhire blasted a proposed amendment to the Tennessee Constitution regarding the state’s bail law Tuesday, saying it will pack county jails and put local […]

Bill Enabling Violent Tennessee Offenders Who Murder Kids To Escape Accountability Moves Forward By Voice Vote Called By Chair Kelly Keisling

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson & The Tennessee Conservative Staff] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House State Government Committee by voice vote, led by Chair Kelly […]

Tennessee Bill That Will Enable Violent Offenders Who Murder Kids To Escape Accountability Moves Forward By Voice Vote Called By Chair Iris Rudder

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week a bill that will keep the autopsy reports of children killed at the hands of violent crime offenders from being public record moved through the Tennessee House Public Service Subcommittee with relative ease by voice vote, led by Chair Iris Rudder. For […]

Tennessee Senate Finance Chair Vows Downward Budget Adjustments

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 […]

Ex-Democratic Party Chair Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse

Former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steven Pigeon was sentenced to 364 days imprisonment Friday over charges of first-degree sexual assault against a child. The upstate New York Democrat will also be required to register as a sex offender as part of a plea agreement, The Buffalo News reported. The sentencing came a month after Pigeon […]