Mental Health Funding, TennCare Coverage Waiver Are Special Session Priorities

When A Special Session On Public Safety Begins Aug. 21, Gov. Bill Lee Will Call For Increased Spending To Help Grow And Retain Mental Health Professionals In The State Along With Requesting Matching Federal Funds For Medicaid To Cover Mental Health And Substance Use Disorders.

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Williamson County GOP Leadership, Elected Officials Urge Gov. Lee To Reconsider Special Session (Update 7.26.23)

A Coalition Of Elected Williamson County Officials And Williamson County Republican Party Executive Committee Members Have Sent An Open Letter To Governor Bill Lee Appealing With Him To Reconsider Holding A Special Session And To Instead Wait To Reconvene During The General Session To Discuss Any Legislation Related To Public Safety.

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TN Faith And Freedom Coalition Says Lee’s Special Session Will Be Target Of Leftist “Agitators”

The Tennessee Faith And Freedom Coalition Is Asking Governor Bill Lee To Cancel A Session Planned For August Due To Concerns For Public Safety. The Group Says There Are “Schemes Made By Marxist Agitators Targeting Said Session.”

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Red Flag Proposals At Center Of Tennessee Special Session Debate

As Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Prepares To Call A Special Session Of The Legislature On Public Safety, The Specifics Of That Special Session Call Have Yet To Be Announced.

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Gun Control Focus Of Special Legislative Session (Op-Ed)

Governor Bill Lee Has Called For A Special Session To, In His Words, “Strengthen Public Safety And Preserve Constitutional Rights”. In This Session, He Will Be Asking The General Assembly To Enact A “Red Flag” Gun Law. If You Have The Slightest Doubt, Read The 13-Page Draft Legislation. Does Tennessee Have Enough Constitutional Conservatives In The Legislature To Reject More Gun Control Initiatives Including Red Flag Laws?

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Gov. Lee Sets Special Session For Late August In Response To School Shooting

Five Months After A Shooter Killed Six People At The Covenant School In Nashville, Gov. Bill Lee Will Bring Lawmakers Back To Nashville To Cobble Together A Solution To The Mass Murder.

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Governor Says Tennessee Lawmakers Must Work Together To Keep Firearms Away From Dangerous People

Governor Bill Lee Urged Republicans And Democrats In The Tennessee General Assembly To Work Together In Finding Solutions To Keep Firearms Away From Dangerous People At A Press Conference On Tuesday.

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Florida Files SCOTUS Brief Ahead Of Oral Arguments Over DHS Not Deporting Violent Criminal Aliens

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Filed A Brief With The U.S. Supreme Court In Support Of A Lawsuit Filed By Texas And Louisiana Seeking To Halt A Department Of Homeland Security Policy That Limited Federal Agents From Detaining And Deporting Dangerous Criminal Aliens…

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Gov. Lee Launches $100 Million Violent Crime Intervention Fund for Local Law Enforcement

Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Launched The $100 Million Violent Crime Intervention Fund And Invited Local Law Enforcement Agencies To Apply For Grants That Will Be Used To Strengthen Public Safety In Communities Across Tennessee.

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