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Category: State Politics

  • Whose Rights Are Being Violated? #TNLeg #GunsInParkingLots

    Being Lt. Gov. of Tennessee must be a pretty confusing gig. On the one hand, you’re the second in command, even though you have been elected by a tiny minority of Tennesseans, which would seem to call your “mandate” into question. But thanks to the easy compliance of a Governor who just won’t stand up…

  • Spineless Cop-out on “Monkey” Bill #TNLeg #TNGov

    Its been widely reported, to the dismay of Science instructors statewide that yesterday TN Gov. Bill Haslam allowed HB 368 to become law without his signature. The bill, which pushes a “Teach the Controversy” agenda, preferred by groups like the Discovery Institute and the folks at the Creationism Museum seeks to push the notion that…

  • Sen. Kyle Defends The “UnDo Can’t Do” Bill – #SB2762

    One of the more onerous bills that passed out of last year’s session was HB0600 dubbed the “Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act”. Sponsored by Glen Casada (R) of Franklin, the bill sought to remove the ability of a local government to set certain ground rules in contracts. That’s shorthand for enacting non-discrimination ordinances. Here’s…

  • Delay Tactics #EndMTR – Updated

    Update: Please contact the members of the House Environment committee and tell them you support the Scenic Vistas Protection Act. Contacts to the House Environment Committee: House Environment Committee E-Mails – Email contacts – Phone Numbers via TNLEAF Tennessee General Assembly – House Environment Committee Link Original Post follows… As reported by the AP, yesterday…

  • Bridges v. Walls – Annexation Edition

    This week’s big story locally has been the fight between the State legislature and the City of Memphis over the Gray’s creek annexation area. The two biggest issues revolve around A) a city’s right to annex area to expand its borders, and B) the desires of the residents of that area to remain autonomous. There’s…

  • Why Would Anyone Want to Teach in Tennessee?

    Track HB 740 here This is a question I keep asking myself as bill after bill slides right through the state legislature. Last year it was the right to have a seat at the table when negotiating salary, class sizes, and all sorts of other things. This year its tenure and perhaps most egregious, payment…