West TN Lawmaker Sponsors Bill To Transfer Teen Gun Thefts To Adult Court
State Rep. Rusty Grills, A West Tennessee Republican, Is Sponsoring Bills That Would Shift Juveniles 16 And Up To Adult Court In Gun Theft And Burglary Cases.
Read moreState Rep. Rusty Grills, A West Tennessee Republican, Is Sponsoring Bills That Would Shift Juveniles 16 And Up To Adult Court In Gun Theft And Burglary Cases.
Read moreTennessee Democratic Leaders Announced The First Leg Of Their Statewide Gun Reform Bus Tour Tuesday As Discussions Remain Heated Heading Into A Planned Aug. 21 Special Session Of The Tennessee Legislature On Public Safety.
Read moreAttorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Is Leading A Coalition Warning The Nation’s Largest Companies — Many Of Which Have Diversity And Equity Programs — They Could Face Legal Action For Using Race-Based Policies.
Read moreA New Report Released By The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation This Week Shows An Improvement In The Turnaround Time For Processing Of Rape Kits.
Read moreAfter 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee Voted Tuesday To Drop The Permitless Gun-Carry Age To 18 From 21, Aligning Tennessee With A Pending Court Order.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreSenate 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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