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: Illinois State Rep. Brad Halbrook The Center Square [By Kim Jarrett] – Twenty-five Republican governors said Thursday they back Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to defend the state’s border with Mexico. Abbott invoked the invasion clause of the U.S. Constitution on Wednesday and said the federal government broke its compact with the states. […]
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: Rep. Sam McKenzie, D-Knoxville, chair of the Tennessee Caucus of Black Legislators, and Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, chair of the House Democratic caucus, urge Gov. Bill Lee to replace the state education commissioner. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – House Democrats are urging Education Commissioner Lizzette […]
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: Brent Moore / CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A law passed in 2021, changing the way state laws are challenged, has some concerned that the door has been opened for partisan redistricting in Tennessee and dissension among panel judges. Supporters of the legislation agreed that it made more sense to have a […]
Image Credit: Gov. BIll Lee / Facebook Press Release – On January 12th, 2024, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced appointees to a series of key state boards and commissions. The following Tennesseans have been appointed: Tennessee Board of Parole Robert L. Waggoner, Member Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board – subject to legislative confirmation Madge Cleveland, East TN […]
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: PxHere / Public Domain The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – At both the state and federal level, Tennessee politicians are pushing protections for musicians against artificial intelligence producing fake works from them. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Tennessee legislative leaders and both musicians and music industry representatives gathered to introduce Tennessee’s Ensuring Likeness […]
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