Conflict of Interest: Wife Of State Senator To Lobby For More Corporate Welfare

Nicole Osborne Watson, Wife Of Senator Bo Watson, Will Be Lobbying For Major League Baseball And A Potential New Partially Taxpayer-Funded Stadium To Come To Nashville.

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$750 Thousand Spent By Lobbyists On Receptions And Other Events For Lawmakers In 2022

According To The Tennessee Ethics Commission Website, Various Groups – As A Whole – Spent Around $750 Thousand On A Multitude Of Events Last Year For Lawmakers.

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Pork Report Says $1 Million Plus A Year Of Tax Dollars Spent To Fund Lobbying Efforts

In Their 2022 “Pork Report,” The Beacon Center Of Tennessee Says That $1 Million Plus Of Tennessee Tax Dollars Goes To Funding Lobbying Efforts At The State Legislature Every Year.

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Why I’m Not Voting For Bill Lee…(Op-Ed)

Please Read This Op-Ed Until The Very End Before Leaving Your Comments. First, I Voted For Bill Lee 4- Years Ago Because He Made Me 10 Promises. What He Called The “10 For Tenn” Campaign Promises. In This Op-Ed, I Will List Those Publicly-Made Promises And Let You Make Up Your Own Mind. Did He Deliver? Or Did He Lie About His Intentions To Get Elected? Second, I Am A Conservative – Not A Republican. We Have Lots Of “Republicans” In Nashville And In Our State Party, Few Conservatives. Here Are The Promises Of Bill Lee. He Said He Would…

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The Corrupting Influence Of Corporate Lobbyists & How To Fix It! (Interview With AFP-TN’s Tori Venable)

We Recently Ran A Story Revealing That Left-Leaning Corporations Spend Roughly $450,000 Per Legislator On Lobbyists Who Are Forever In The Ears Of Our Representatives And Most Often, These Lobbyists Are Not Working In The Best Interest Of Tennessee Taxpayers. Even Our Own Government Use Lobbyists To Fight Against Legislation That The Majority Of Tennesseans Would Like To See Passed.
Tori Venable, Tennessee Director Of Americans For Prosperity Joins Me Today To Talk About The Connection Between Political Action Committees, Or PACs, And The Lobbyists Who Spend Their Entire Working Careers In The State Capitol.
More Importantly, She Talks About What Regular Tennessee Citizens Can Do To Become Citizen Lobbyists And Potentially Wield The Same Or Even More Power Than The Corporate-Funded Left-Leaning Lobbyists And Positively Influence Legislators In The Volunteer State. AFFP-TN Is Offering A Free Citizen Lobbyist Training Event Coming Up On October 22nd In Cookeville, Tennessee. Food Will Be Provided, But Seating Is Limited. Registration Details In Post.

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Citizen Lobbyist Training Or, “So THAT Is How Politicians Think!” Event Coming To Cookeville TN

Join Americans For Prosperity Tennessee As They Train The Next Generation Of Citizen Lobbyists. You Will Learn How To Effectively Communicate With Legislators, Why Effective Advocacy Is Imperative, Lobbying 101, The TN Legislative Process, And Much More!

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Teacher’s Union And School Boards Continue To Fight Against Option For Students To Receive Classical Education In Tennessee (Update)

To Date, Three School Boards In Tennessee Have Denied American Classical Academy’s Applications To Open Charter Schools In Rutherford, Madison And Montgomery Counties Seemingly Due To The School’s “Misleading” Ties With Hillsdale College.

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New School Library Structure Pushes Librarians To Become Political Activists

Recent Changes In The Structure Of School Libraries In Tennessee Have Many Concerned That School Librarians Are Being Trained To Push More Than Just Books.

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9 Of 10 House Republican Candidates Supported By The TN Education Association Lost The Primary

The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) Chose To Support The Campaigns Of Several Republicans Vying For A Seat In The Tennessee House Of Representatives, But Only One Of The GOP Politicians They Chose To Support Won In The Primary.

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