Tennessee Conservative
After Passing The Senate Education Committee Last Week, A Bill That Aims To Prohibit Educational Institutions From Making Materials That Are Considered “Obscene” Or “Harmful To Minors” Available To Students Was Stymied In The Senate Judiciary Committee When A Vote To Send The Bill To Summer Study Passed 6 To 3.
Read more
The Tennessee House Passed New State House, State Senate And Congressional Legislative District Maps Monday Evening.
Read more
The Tennessee House Select Committee On Redistricting Made Public Friday Its Plan For New State House Legislative Districts.
Read more
House Bill 1532 (SB0561 In The Senate) Seeks To Reduce The Amount Of Time That Must Be Served For First Degree Murder Before Becoming Eligible For Parole. For Someone Currently Sentenced To Life In Prison With Parole, The Minimum Time They Must Serve Is 51 Years. If The Bill Passes The House And Senate And Becomes Tennessee Law, That Time Would Be Reduced By Approximately Half To 25 Years.
Read more
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.
Read more
House Speaker Cameron Sexton And Republican Legislators Are Firing Another Salvo At Metro Nashville, This Time Targeting Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk For Refusing To Prosecute Certain State Laws.
Read more
Proposed Legislation Continues To Emerge In Advance Of The Tennessee Legislature’s Covid-19 Special Session, Including Six Senate Bills That Were Filed Tuesday.
Read more
Tennessee Lawmakers Return To Nashville Today To Begin The 2021 Legislative Session And Soon Will Take Up Legislation On Key Education Issues.
Read more
Tennessee Legislature Democrats Call For Governor Lee To “Step Up And Lead” And Issue A Statewide Mask Mandate.
Read more