Legislation Seeks To Greatly Increase Administrative State In West Tennessee (Update 3.9.22)

A Set Of Bills Is Now Pending In The Tennessee Legislature To Greatly Increase The Bureaucratic Administrative State In West Tennessee. The Bill Would Essentially Delegate Many Traditional Powers Of Government To An Appointed Board. Those Powers Include Eminent Domain.

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House Republicans Favor Businesses Over Employees By Sidelining Anti-CRT Bill

Representative Bruce Griffey’s Bill To Eliminate Required Critical Race Theory And Associated Training From Tennessee Workplaces Was Relegated To A Summer Study By The House Banking And Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Yesterday, February 23rd.

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TN Legislature Prohibits Instant Runoff Voting Amid Lawsuit By Memphis Political Activists

Despite A New Lawsuit Against Tennessee Over Instant Runoff Voting, The Legislature Voted Monday To Prohibit The Method Of Rank Voting.

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Fines For School Board Members, Limits On the Governor: Thursday’s Special Session Bills

A Slew Of Far-Reaching Measures Designed To Curb Local Dissent Over State Covid Policies, And To Check The Governor’s Emergency Powers, Sailed Easily Through Republican-Dominated Committee Hearings During Thursday’s Specially Called Legislative Session.

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Ford Plant Squeaking Through Legislative Committees

Tennessee Lawmakers Treated A Proposed $5.6 Billion Ford Electric Truck Plant As If It Were Too Big To Fail, Passing Legislation Tuesday In Committees Through Gritted Teeth Before One Piece Stalled In The House Finance, Ways And Means Committee.

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Bill Limiting Unemployment Compensation Passes Tennessee House

The Tennessee House Passed Legislation Tuesday That Would Limit Unemployment Compensation From The State To 12 Weeks While Increasing The Weekly Pay For The First Time Since 2001.

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Bill Granting TN School Boards Sole Authority To Close Schools Headed To Gov. Lee

A Bill That Will Give Local School Boards The Sole Authority To Close Schools Was Approved Thursday By The Tennessee House And Is On Its Way To Gov. Bill Lee.

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Bill To Allow Governor To Order Schools To Reopen Passes Tennessee Senate (Update)

The Tennessee State Senate Approved Legislation Monday Evening That Would Allow Governor Bill Lee To Order Schools To Offer In-Person Learning.

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