Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill designed to prevent credit card companies and banks from using a separate code to designate sales at firearms retailers is now headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The Tennessee Senate concurred on a drafting error fix from the House on Senate Bill 2223, […]
Image Credit: Canva Press Release – Last Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance charged consumers for hidden add-on products that consumers were not fully informed about or, in some instances, […]
Image Credit: The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill to change Tennessee’s rules for college athlete’s name, image and likeness passed its final committee hurdle before heading to the full House. Senate Bill 0709 passed the Senate unanimously and will be taken up by the full House as soon as next week. The […]
Image Credit: U.S. Department of Labor / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A group of 24 state attorneys general wrote a letter to the Department of Labor saying its proposed rule promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the National Apprenticeship program exceeds the department’s authority. The public comment letter said the rule […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Senate approved a bill that would put state law on college athletics name, image and likeness rules in line with a lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletic Association by the Tennessee Attorney General. The bill would change Tennessee law to allow prospective […]
Image: Bill Sponsors Rep. Mary Littleton & Sen. Paul Rose present HB2169/SB1738 in their respective chamber committees. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Both the House and the Senate are moving forward with a bill that would protect Tennessee foster and adoptive families from being forced to support policies regarding sexual orientation and […]
Image: Bill Sponsor Senator Janice Bowling presents the legislation to the Senate State and Local Government Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – For the third year in a row, a conservative Tennessee bill, that would allow state legislators to impose nullification if the federal government tries to impose unconstitutional […]
Image Credit: Canva Press Release – On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 state Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v U.S. Food and Drug Administration, urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the people’s constitutional authority to make laws […]
Photo Credit: USACE photo by Leon Roberts / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee received a preliminary injunction on Friday against the NCAA enforcing its name, image and likeness rules. The ruling blocks the NCAA from enforcing its interim NIL rules or any NIL restrictions until the full case is heard and […]
Photo: Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, showing off one of the tickets now required for members of the public to access the House of Representatives gallery. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – A ticketing system that restricts public access to the Tennessee House of Representatives is allowable under the state’s […]
Welcome, Login to your account.
Welcome, Create your new account
A password will be e-mailed to you.