Tennessee Awards Nearly $18M In Site Development Grants
Tennessee Has Committed To Hand Out $17.9 Million In Grants For The Development Of 12 Sites In Order To Prepare Those Sites For Potential Businesses.
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Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee
Tennessee Senate Finance Chair Vows Downward Budget Adjustments
Tennessee’s Senate Finance Chair Bo Watson Said Budget Adjustments Will Be Made Because The State Is $280 Million Behind Its Budgeted Estimates On Tax Collections Through The First Five Months Of The Fiscal Year.
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What Happens When A Cash-Poor Billionaire Wants A New Sports Stadium? Lobbying.
The Tennessee Titans Turned A Couple Million In Political Spending Into Over A Billion Dollars From Taxpayers.
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Bill to Prevent Foreign Ownership Of TN Property Heads To House Floor
Legislation That Would Prevent Foreign Persons Who Are Non-Residents From Owning Property In Tennessee Progressed In The State House Of Representatives On Tuesday.
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Bill Prohibiting Forced Implicit Bias Training For Teachers To Be Heard By TN House
A Bill That Would Prohibit Tennessee Public School Districts From Forcing Teachers To Participate In “Implicit Bias Training” Is Now Scheduled To Be Heard On The House’s Regular Calendar On Thursday.
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TN House And Senate Committees To Hear Bill Requiring Immigration Status Check For Potential Voters
Companion Bills Requiring Potential Voters To Be Checked For Immigration Status Were Placed On The Finance, Ways, And Means Committees For Both The Tennessee House And Senate To Be Considered Next Week.
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Bill Giving More Exceptions To Tennessee Third-Grade Retention Law Advances
A Tennessee Senate Committee Passed A Change To The State’s Third-Grade Retention Law And It Now Heads To The Full Senate.
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TN Senate Committee Approves Lowering Aviation Fuel Tax Cap For FedEx, Others
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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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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$54M Tennessee Child Care Program Would Be Funded By Sports Gambling
A Bill That Would Ultimately Take $54 Million Worth Of Annual Sports Gambling Taxes And Spend It On Child Care Scholarships Passed A Senate Committee Despite The Objection Of Two Republican Lawmakers Who Believe Funding Child Care Is Beyond The Scope Of Government.
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