Tag: Tennessee Senate

Statewide ESAs, Budget Priorities In Tennessee Legislative Session

Image Credit: Antony-22 / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s 2024 legislative session will begin Tuesday with the Republican party looking to pass a budget, statewide K-12 education savings accounts, business tax cuts, enhanced school safety measures, certificate-of-need reform and health care funding. On Monday, House leadership discussed rules for session including […]

Sen. Richard Briggs Spreads Misinformation About Tennessee’s Abortion Ban, Announces “Freedom To Have Children And A Family Act”

Image Credit: State Senator Richard Briggs / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Sen. Richard Briggs (R-Knoxville-District 7) has announced new legislation called the “Freedom to Have Children and a Family Act,” which would weaken Tennessee’s current abortion law under the guise that women cannot be properly treated by their doctors under current […]

McNally To Miss Opening Weeks Of Session After Ankle Surgery

Image Credit: From Left – Speaker Cameron Sexton, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, & Gov. Bill Lee Image Credit: Lt. Governor Randy McNally / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally will not be presiding over the Senate when the Legislature returns to session Jan. 9. Instead, the Republican will […]