Competing Tennessee ESA Proposals Set For Wednesday Committee Discussions

The Tennessee Legislature’s Debate On Education Savings Accounts Will Continue Wednesday When Competing Versions Of The Bill Are Heard By The Senate Education Committee And House Education Administration.

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Protect Tennessee’s Borders RALLY; Violent Illegal Immigrants In Jail For Life; Watson’s Bill Lets Unvaccinated Adopt/Foster; Lee’s Voucher Bill & 4 Other Stories In The BIG 7!

🔥Protect Tennessee’s Borders RALLY – March 20th, Nashville, TN

*Bill Would Put Violent Illegal Immigrants In Jail for Life

*Watson’s Bill Lets Unvaccinated Adopt/Foster

*Lee’s Voucher Bill Language Revealed

*And 4 Other Stories in the BIG 7!

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Tennessee Bill To Ensure Compliance With Age Appropriate Materials Act Placed Behind Budget By Subcommittee Chairman Gary Hicks

Yesterday, In The Tennessee House Finance, Ways And Means Subcommittee A Bill Seeking To Add An Explicit, Standing Provision To The Age Appropriate Materials Act Of 2022 That Would Give Parents The Ability To File Claims To Enforce The Act Was Placed Behind The Budget.

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Subcommittee Chairman Gary Hicks Gavels Down Child Rapist Death Penalty Bill, Placing It Behind Gov. Lee’s Budget

A Bill To Authorize The Death Penalty As Punishment For Child Rapists In Tennessee Was Placed “Behind The Budget” During A Meeting Of The House Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee This Week.

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Tennessee Airports Proposed To Get $95M In State Funding In Upcoming Budget

Tennessee’s Airports Are Proposed To Get $82.5 Million In Direct State Funding With A Projected Additional $13 Million From The State’s Transportation Equity Fund In Gov. Bill Lee’s Budget Proposal.

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3 Charts To Explain Tennessee’s Budget

Unlike In Previous Years, When Tennessee’s Coffers Were Flush With Cash, The State Budget Will Likely Play A Much More Central Role In This Year’s Legislative Session As Gov. Bill Lee Proposes Spending Down Cash Reserves For More Business Tax Cuts And His School Voucher Proposal.

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