Tennessee Conservative
After Spending The School Year Preparing Their Third-Grade Students For High-Stakes State Testing, School Districts Received Raw Scores For The TCAP Reading Test Late Friday Afternoon. Those Scores Show That 60% Of Third-Graders Across The State Failed To Meet Proficiency Levels Required To Be Promoted To The Fourth Grade.
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A Tennessee Bill That Passed Senate Committee Tuesday Would Reduce The Aviation Fuel Tax Cap On Commercial Companies Down To $1 Million, Which Would Have An Additional $10.6 Million Impact On The State’s Transportation Equity Fund.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee Voted Tuesday To Drop The Permitless Gun-Carry Age To 18 From 21, Aligning Tennessee With A Pending Court Order.
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On The Senate Floor Yesterday, A Bill Sponsored By State Senator Joey Hensley , That Aims To Prevent Any City, County, Or Metropolitan Government From Spending Taxpayer Dollars For The Purposes Of Directly Or Indirectly Assisting A Person In Obtaining An Abortion Passed Along Party Lines.
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A Bill That Would Prevent Governments From Providing Funding To Employees Seeking An Out-Of-State Abortion Made Its Way Through The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee On Tuesday.
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Senate Bill 745 Is The Senate Companion Bill To HB883. It Will Be Heard In The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee At 3:00 P.M. CST. On Tuesday, February 28th. In The Words Of Constitutional Expert Paul Linton, This Legislation, “Entirely Rewrites State Law (Human Life Protection Act) And In Doing So, Creates An Abortion Law That Would Be, In Practice, If Not In Principle, Unenforceable.”
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A House Push Is Underway To Lower The Handgun-Carry Age To 18 In Tennessee Following A Legal Agreement By The State Attorney General, But Those Efforts Could Hit A Roadblock In The Form Of Lt. Gov. Randy McNally.
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Senator London Lamar And Representative Joe Towns Jr. Have Introduced Legislation To Oust Columbus Day And Replace It With “Super Bowl Monday” In The State Of Tennessee.
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A Bill To Address The Rash Of “Family-Friendly” Drag Shows Where Children Have Been Exposed To Inappropriate Entertainment Passed The First Hurdle In Nashville Yesterday.
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New Potential Legislation Would Make It A Requirement That The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Process All Rape Kits Within 30 Days Of Collection.
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