Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A caption bill that shifts the date by which candidates for public office must file a petition passed on the House floor on Monday. Candidates will still have sixty days between picking up a petition and returning it but the legislation shifts everything by a […]
Yesterday I wrote about the grand jury report which was released in connection with the 2023 shooting of Abby Zwerner, a first grade teacher in Newport News, VA who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students. There’s another aspect of this story that I didn’t delve into yesterday but I looked into it further […]
By this point, you’ve likely already heard that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia introduced a motion to vacate against House Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday. One of the most common responses I saw on social media following the announcement, even from conservatives, was some variation of “Here we go again.” I’ll confess that I probably […]
The Free Press has an exclusive report today about a lawsuit filed by sixteen female athletes against the NCAA. Not all of the athletes involved are swimmers but most are, making Lia Thomas a focus of the lawsuit. The lawsuit, the first federal action of its kind, seeks to change the rules, rendering any biological […]
Image Credit: Canva Tennessee Department of Revenue Press Release – It’s almost time to file your 2023 business tax return. Thanks to recent legislation, beginning this year over 100,000 small businesses will no longer be required to file a return and pay this tax. The Tennessee Works Tax Act eliminated the annual business tax filing […]
Image Credit: Roger Smith / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over its enforcement of rules related to name, image and likeness. The lawsuit comes after reports the NCAA is investigating the University of Tennessee over potential rules violations. The lawsuit, with co-plaintiff Virginia, […]
Image Credit: Blake Wylie / CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Tennessee lawmakers are considering several pieces of legislation that would bring changes to elections laws in the state. The following bills regarding election proceedings have been filed in the 113th General Assembly for consideration in their 2024 session so far: Senate Bill 1705 (SB1705) […]
Image Credit: Max Fischer / Pexels The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Senate members of a joint committee on federal funding for K-12 education in Tennessee filed a separate report stating they could not agree with House members of the joint committee on the recommendations. The Senate report highlighted the limited number of federal […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov & Jason Carter / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – As the Tennessee General Assembly prepares for its 114th legislative session, a new bill has been filed by Democrats to completely undo Tennessee’s ban on abortion by amending a whole slew of current state laws. House Bill 1626 (HB1626) is […]
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