Workplace smoking ban passes Tennessee Senate
The workplace smoking ban has passed the Tennessee Senate. It is scheduled for the House next week. In related news, one-half of the cigaret... read more...
View ArticleCigarette tax going to the Governor
After a failed Republican filibuster, the cigarette tax passed in the House yesterday. Tom Humphrey has this report on all the drama. Senate... read more...
View ArticleState Sen. Raymond Finney scorecard
Republican State Sen. Raymond Finney, who represents Blount Co. and portions of Sevier Co. in the Tennessee Senate, has a massive, two-page ... read more...
View ArticleCrutchfield pleads guilty
This statement was just released by Democratic Caucus Chairman Senator Joe Haynes, D-Goodlettsville, after the announcement that Senator War... read more...
View ArticleWhat's Crutchfield waiting for?
State Sen. Ward Crutchfield, who pled guilty to a felony last week, will resign in "due time" according to his lawyer. It has to be before ... read more...
View ArticleFinished his drink at gunpoint
In case you hadn't heard, State Rep. Rob Briley (D-Nashville) was arrested for DUI after a high speed chase. According to the report, when ... read more...
View ArticleGovernment funded hunting lodge?
In case you missed the KNS article from last week, this sounds pretty outrageous: When former state Rep. H.E. Bittle Jr. pushed for the crea... read more...
View ArticleHunting lodge story grows legs
New developments in the government funded hunting lodge story mentioned here earlier. Josh Flory at the KNS reports today that Tennessee Hou... read more...
View ArticleA couple of education bills of local interest
State Rep. Mike Turner, a Democrat from Old Hickory (Davidson Co.), introduced a couple of bills last week that, given recent controversy in... read more...
View ArticleGOP wants to muzzle environmental whistleblowers
State Rep. Jason Mumpower (R-Bristol) seeks to weaken the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's enforcement capability. ... read more...
View Article"Tort reform" back on the agenda
Pending state legislation would limit medical malpractice victim's rights. Read about it at TennViews... ... read more...
View ArticleCampfield is a clown, again
HB3029 by Campfield creates a "tax-me-more fund" in the general fund for voluntary donations by taxpayers; all funds in such account are ear... read more...
View ArticleNew law about dining with dogs in outdoor cafes
Many communities encourage pet owners to bring their dogs to outdoor cafes. And remember our City Mayor IS on the record as saying he wants ... read more...
View ArticleWill the Tennessee Plan be allowed to sunset?!?
Unless the Tennessee General Assembly takes action before the end of this legislative session to preserve the Tennessee Plan, the state coul... read more...
View ArticleBan on mountaintop removal fails in TN House subcommittee
The House Environment subcommittee voted against HB3348 that would ban mountaintop removal mining in Tennessee. The Senate Environment, Cons... read more...
View ArticleTennessee family medical leave act
Democrats in the Tennessee Senate will introduce a family medical leave bill tomorrow. Read more about it here. ... read more...
View ArticleEast TN Dem hopefully pessimistic on the next legislative session
Betty Bean sits down with State Rep. Harry Tindell, who says of the GOP takeover: I’m hoping they’ll take the high road and recognize th... read more...
View ArticleAnd yet, the House remains silent on what will happen during the coming...
Tom Humphrey at the KNS tells us what the State House considers a priority while Tennessee's economy continues to falter. ... read more...
View ArticleObviously, when preparing for martial law and armed gunfights in state parks,...
KNS: Legislature considers abolishing Ethics Commission ... read more...
View ArticleHow a bill becomes law in Tennessee
First, hire a lobbyist… As we mentioned the other day, House Democratic Caucus leader Rep. Mike Turner and press secretary Addison Pate i... read more...
View ArticleLiberadio(!) spanked, no press pass for you!
Liberadio(!)'s press pass has been revoked. "some of the guys" in the press corp complained that I was tainting the corp’s non-partisan a... read more...
View ArticleStacey X Photos Cause Me Emotional Distress
It seems that Guv Haslam has just signed into law another embarrassment for Tennessee. You can now be jailed and/or fined for sending/posti... read more...
View ArticleThese days they don't even bother to sugar coat it
Let's make sure only the "right people" are voting. ... read more...
View ArticleDialing for Healthcare
We's famous, again! Can pro-business Bill (actually, he's looking more like Let 'em eat cake Bill these days) really think the kind of publ... read more...
View ArticleDon't let the Tennessee legislature hear about this......
South Carolina House cuts college funding over books about gays. ... read more...
View ArticleInto the Belly of the Beast
Earlier today (Saturday, Aug. 29) Gloria Johnson and I went to a legislative forum sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (Koch Brothers), Te... read more...
View ArticleLegislative Lunch 2016
Here is the entire 2016 Legislative Luncheon from the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. WBIR's John Becker... read more...
View ArticleRoger Kane Insists our Legislature is Incredibly Diverse
Here is yesterday's East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists' Legislative Luncheon (Sat. Jan. 14, 2017). Here are some highlights... read more...
View ArticleDTV Features Legislative Black Caucus, Civil Rights Leaders
LaKenya Middlebrook interviews several members of the Tennessee Legislature and civil rights leaders Dr. Harold Middlebrook and Theotis Robi... read more...
View ArticleLegislative Luncheon reveals some disturbing errors
Yesterday's legislative luncheon revealed some curious assertions and false claims by our local representatives. Here's the full video. Th... read more...
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