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Topic: Brian Kelsey
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March 2021
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Council members make case for exempting city from state residency bill
Council member J.B. Smiley argues that if the city accepts police and fire applications from outside the city, more effort will have to be put into screening candidates.
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February 2021
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Kelsey residency measure clears hurdle, would override local decisions
A Tennessee Senate committee on Tuesday, Feb. 23, advanced a bill preventing cities and counties from requiring police officers, firefighters and emergency medical professionals to live where they work.
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Senate committee advances ‘right to work’ constitutional amendment
A Tennessee Senate committee on Tuesday, Feb. 23, advanced a right-to-work constitutional amendment, one step in a long process to place the amendment on the November 2022 ballot for final approval by voters. -
Tennessee Senate passes bill allowing governor to force schools open
School superintendents and local public health officials may lose some of their power under a bill that passed by a party-line vote in the Tennessee Senate Monday, Feb. 22.
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‘It’s time!’ says Kelsey as bill advances to get SCS students back in class
After a tense exchange between two Memphis-area lawmakers, the Senate Education Committee voted 8-1 for a measure that would ensure Gov. Bill Lee could legally force Shelby County Schools to offer in-person learning.
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Right-to-work amendment advances in state Senate
The measure could move to a vote before the full Senate if it passes through the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, which is scheduled to meet on Feb. 16.
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Opinion: Our kids are under house arrest
Dan Conaway: “Our kids, Memphis kids, our tomorrow, have to get back in classrooms. Today. Period. Every day they don’t is another day falling further behind.”
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January 2021
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Akbari, Kelsey have different view of ‘following science’ on in-person school
On “Behind The Headlines,” the Republican and Democratic legislators from the Shelby County delegation to Nashville also agreed on mandatory summer school or tutoring to help students who have slipped academically during the pandemic.
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Tennessee legislators begin advancing bills in education special session
Tennessee legislators began a special session on education Wednesday, Jan. 20, by advancing three bills to Senate committee and five others to subcommittees, including two bills that would raise teacher pay.
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Kelsey appointed to chair state Senate’s education committee
Kelsey, who represents Germantown, Cordova and East Memphis. will serve as chairman of the senate education committee.
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Bill clarifies authority over schools’ emergency operations
State representatives from Shelby County want to clarify that authority for school operations lies with local district’s elected leaders.
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Kelsey bill would eliminate residency requirements statewide for police and fire
The bill follows a City Council decision late last year to remove a referendum question that would have allowed Memphis police and firefighters to live outside Shelby County.
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December 2020
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Shelby lawmakers outline priorities for 2021 legislative session
Memphis-area legislators say Medicaid expansion, school funding and criminal justice reform will be among the biggest issues that face when the General Assembly convenes Jan. 12.
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August 2020
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Nashville attorney: ‘ESA students check out, but they never leave’
Robert Cooper used a line from the Eagles song “Hotel California” to argue that Metro Nashville and Shelby County will be hurt financially by the state’s Education Savings Account program.
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July 2020
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Kelsey backs state opposition to expanding absentee balloting in pandemic
State Sen. Brian Kelsey’s law firm is inserting himself into the state's legal affairs again, getting involved in an absentee ballot battle with a legal brief arguing the Legislature, not the court, should determine the state’s voting laws.
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May 2020
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Chancellor leaves opening to challenge ruling striking down voucher law
The Davidson County chancellor who ruled the state’s voucher law is unconstitutional is allowing the state to expedite a challenge before the Court of Appeals. And the Governor's Office and state Sen. Brian Kelsey are ready to go to the state Supreme Court if necessary.
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March 2020
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Booze closer to pouring during daily hours at Memphis Zoo
Memphis Zoo goers are closer to sipping a cold beer while hanging out with the animals after the state Senate passed legislation Monday allowing booze to be sold during regular business hours.
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February 2020
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DeBerry bill to expedite vote counts fails
A House subcommittee declined Wednesday to vote on legislation by Rep. John DeBerry, which is designed to speed up vote counts, as lawmakers raised concerns about releasing early and absentee vote totals while voters stand in line
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Right to Work resolution flies through Senate with Republican supermajority
Legislation setting the course for putting Tennessee’s Right to Work Law into the state Constitution passed the Senate on a 24-5 vote, with only Republicans backing it in a supermajority advantage.
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Strickland asks lawmakers for help with budget shortfall
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is pushing passage of two bills designed to fill a growing hole in the city’s budget with $12 million in sales tax revenue.
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State senator to represent low-income families potentially shut out from vouchers
State Sen. Brian Kelsey will handle legal work for a law firm prepared to file suit on behalf of families against the Shelby County and Metro Nashville school systems over the voucher lawsuit.
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Conaway: The mean in Tennessee is mean
It’s just flat mean of the Tennessee Legislature to continue to deny even basic health insurance to some 300,000 working Tennesseans just to make a political point.
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Kelsey amendment aims blow at Dr. King’s work in Memphis
When laws unfairly give companies the upper hand in negotiations with labor unions, all workers suffer the consequences.
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January 2020
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Commerce committee passes Kelsey’s Right to Work amendment
With an 8-1 vote, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee passed a resolution Tuesday, Jan. 28, by state Sen. Brian Kelsey to put Tennessee’s Right to Work Law into the state Constitution.
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