Tennessee Bill That Seemingly Strips Power From Commission Passes Subcommittee In Voice Vote Led By Iris Rudder

A Bill That Seemingly Strips Power From A Representative Commission, Handing It Over To One State Employee, Passed The Tennessee House Public Service Subcommittee Yesterday Afternoon By A Voice Vote.

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Major Differences In Tennessee House & Senate School Choice Bill Proposals With Hearings Beginning This Week

This Week In Their Respective Committees, The Proposal For School Choice That Has Been Dangled By Governor Bill Lee For The Past Few Years Will Be Presented In Both Tennessee House And Senate Hearing Rooms. However, What Is Being Proposed In One Chamber, Is Vastly Different From What Is Being Proposed In The Other.

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House Committee Passes Bill Threatening Transparency Of Tennessee Dept. Of Tourism With Voice Vote Called By Chairman Kelly Keisling (Update 2.23.24)

The House State Government Committee Passed Legislation That Allows The Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development To Keep Records Hidden From The Public If The Attorney General And Tourism Commissioner Deem It Necessary.

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Revealed: Language For Governor Lee’s School Voucher Plan

In The Form Of A 7-Page Amendment To A Caption Bill, The Language For Governor Lee’s “Education Freedom Scholarship Act” Has Been Revealed.

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Tennessee Bill Would Allow Local Governments To Cut, End Grocery Tax

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Did Not Include A Grocery Tax Holiday In This Year’s Budget Proposal, But A Proposed Bill Would Begin Allowing Counties And Municipalities To Cut Or Remove Grocery Tax.

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Bill Threatens Transparency In Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development (Update 2.19.24)

Recently Proposed Legislation Would Allow The Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development To Keep Records Hidden From The Public At The Discretion Of The Attorney General And Tourism Commissioner.

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Proposed Tennessee Bill Aims To Strip Power From Representative Commission And Hand It Over The Governor’s Administration (Update 2.16.24)

A New Tennessee Bill Explains That There Will Be A Single Un-elected Bureaucrat That Will Oversee Millions Of Dollars In Projects And Property Owned By The State As Well As Make Decisions On The Spending Of Multi-Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars, A Responsibility Currently Held By A Commission With Elected Members.

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Tennessee Forestry Bill May Have Ties To Biden’s New Green Deal Policies

A Tennessee Bill That Creates The Ability To Keep Information On Those Who Use State Parks And Collect Fees For What Is Being Referred To As “High Impact” Activities, Has Raised Some Concerns Among Republican Lawmakers.

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Tennessee Bill That Further Protects Victims Of Stalking / Harassment Passes House Unanimously

A Bill That Would Provide Lifetime Protection For Victims Of Stalking And Harassment Was Passed Unanimously On The Tennessee House Floor On Thursday This Week.

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