Tennessee Legislature Begins Discussion Of $1.2B Business Tax Refund, Repeal

An Estimated $1.2 Billion Franchise Tax Refund To Businesses Is Scheduled To Be Voted On For The First Time In The Tennessee Legislature Next Week After The Senate Finance Ways And Means Subcommittee Heard Details Of The Proposal.

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Tennessee Bill That Seemingly Strips Power From Commission Passes Subcommittee In Voice Vote Led By Iris Rudder

A Bill That Seemingly Strips Power From A Representative Commission, Handing It Over To One State Employee, Passed The Tennessee House Public Service Subcommittee Yesterday Afternoon By A Voice Vote.

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Major Differences In Tennessee House & Senate School Choice Bill Proposals With Hearings Beginning This Week

This Week In Their Respective Committees, The Proposal For School Choice That Has Been Dangled By Governor Bill Lee For The Past Few Years Will Be Presented In Both Tennessee House And Senate Hearing Rooms. However, What Is Being Proposed In One Chamber, Is Vastly Different From What Is Being Proposed In The Other.

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Revealed: Language For Governor Lee’s School Voucher Plan

In The Form Of A 7-Page Amendment To A Caption Bill, The Language For Governor Lee’s “Education Freedom Scholarship Act” Has Been Revealed.

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Senate Judiciary Chair Todd Gardenhire Comes Down Hard On Bail Bill

Senate Judiciary Chairman Todd Gardenhire Blasted A Proposed Amendment To The Tennessee Constitution Regarding The State’s Bail Law Tuesday, Saying It Will Pack County Jails And Put Local Governments In A Financial Bind.

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Bill Threatens Transparency In Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development (Update 2.19.24)

Recently Proposed Legislation Would Allow The Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development To Keep Records Hidden From The Public At The Discretion Of The Attorney General And Tourism Commissioner.

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Proposed Tennessee Bill Aims To Strip Power From Representative Commission And Hand It Over The Governor’s Administration (Update 2.16.24)

A New Tennessee Bill Explains That There Will Be A Single Un-elected Bureaucrat That Will Oversee Millions Of Dollars In Projects And Property Owned By The State As Well As Make Decisions On The Spending Of Multi-Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars, A Responsibility Currently Held By A Commission With Elected Members.

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Tennessee Forestry Bill May Have Ties To Biden’s New Green Deal Policies

A Tennessee Bill That Creates The Ability To Keep Information On Those Who Use State Parks And Collect Fees For What Is Being Referred To As “High Impact” Activities, Has Raised Some Concerns Among Republican Lawmakers.

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