There are 146 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• October 2022

  • Kustoff targets inflation, Biden and the future at Arlington luncheon

    Rep. David Kustoff spoke in Arlington on Wednesday focusing on the Biden administration and hopes that the Republicans have a strong showing in the mid-term elections.

    By Michael Waddell October 12, 2022

• August 2022

  • Martin beats Smiley, Atwater in Democratic primary for governor

    Gov. Bill Lee is expected to win reelection, but Democrats think they have a shot after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, incumbent lawmakers in Congress and the General Assembly all won.

    By Ian Round August 05, 2022

• July 2022

  • TN Republicans show no love for birth control bill

    A bill guaranteeing right to birth control passed in the U.S. House without support of Tennessee Republicans. Having a law on the books would preempt any decision the Supreme Court might make to withhold that right. 

    By Ian Round July 23, 2022

  • Kustoff kicks off Law Enforcement Appreciation Tour in Collierville

    U.S. Rep. David Kustoff began his Law Enforcement and First Responder Appreciation Tour in Collierville on Tuesday, the first of about a dozen stops the congressman will make throughout his West Tennessee district.

    By Abigail Warren July 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • Tennesseans react to Supreme Court decision on abortion

    Responses to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday, June 24, overturning the nearly 50-year old Roe v. Wade decision fall along party lines in Memphis and across Tennessee.

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    Near-total abortion ban takes effect in 30 days, but a ‘heartbeat bill’ could come sooner

    The closest state to Memphis with abortion access? Illinois.

    By Bill Dries, Ian Round, Aisling Mäki June 25, 2022

  • Kustoff named to House Ways and Means Committee

    Republican U.S. Representative says it’s “a seat at the table on issues such as taxes, trade and healthcare” for constituents in West Tennessee and the Mid-South region.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: When will Congress and our local representatives get to work?

    “What irony there is in honoring our dead from wars while disregarding our dead children of today.”

    By Letters to the Editor June 02, 2022

• May 2022

  • A day to honor, a day to remember and a day to recognize sacrifice

    Across the county, Memorial Day ceremonies recognized the sacrifices of those who perished during their times in the armed service.

    By Abigail Warren, Michael Waddell May 30, 2022

  • Kustoff addresses national concerns, midterm elections

    The congressman told local business leaders the midterms could be a “wave election.” He believes Republicans could gain control of the nation’s House and Senate.

    By Abigail Warren May 10, 2022

  • Cohen, Kustoff offer different views of Supreme Court leak

    U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and Michael Kustoff commented at separate events Thursday in Shelby County, elaborating on earlier reaction to the leaked opinion draft on the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the U.S. 

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    Kustoff addresses national concerns, midterm elections

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren May 10, 2022

• April 2022

  • Trump’s last chief of staff touts ex-president’s record to local Republicans

    Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows gave the keynote speech at the local Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Gala, with many GOP figures vowing to regain the majority in the U.S. House in midterm elections this year. 

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2022

  • Local leaders, businesses focused on smart growth for Blue Oval City

    While Memphis-based Fogelman Properties doesn’t have real estate interest in Haywood County, president Mark Fogelman said his experience in regions like Chattanooga following Volkswagen’s investment could be used to gauge what could happen in West Tennessee. 

    By Rob Moore April 14, 2022

• February 2022

  • Rep. Steve Cohen near Ukraine as Sen. Marsha Blackburn meets with Trump

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis had a front-row seat Thursday, Feb. 24, for Russia’s political defense of its invasion of Ukraine.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2022

  • Kustoff addresses Russia, inflation in speech at Collierville

    “That peace today is over. It’s done. Putin has reemerged, and Russia has reemerged as a new world power,” Congressman David Kustoff, R-Germantown, told the Collierville Rotary Club.

    By Abigail Warren February 22, 2022

• January 2022

  • Legislators draw partisan lines over voting rights and filibuster

    The two key votes of the week in Washington D.C. were in the Senate. But the discussion among the city’s representatives in Washington included both U.S. House members who represent Memphis.

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2022

  • Latest redistricting proposal gives Cohen more of Shelby County

    The latest map would split Tipton County along U.S. 51, and about 30,000 Shelby County residents would be drawn out of Republican Rep. David Kustoff’s district.

    By Ian Round January 19, 2022

  • State receives $38M for Arlington’s West TN Veterans Nursing Home

    A $38 million federal grant will help with construction of the West Tennessee Veterans Home in Arlington. The 126-bed facility has been planned for years.

    By Michael Waddell January 14, 2022

• December 2021

  • How they voted on funding to keep the federal government operating

    The federal government is funded into February with the votes among the city’s representatives in Washington falling along party lines with one exception — a senator who did not vote on the continuing resolution.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2021

  • City’s representatives in D.C. closely watching Supreme Court arguments on abortion

    Reaction from the city’s two Congressmen and the state’s two U.S. Senators fell along party lines on the long-running political issue of access to abortions.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2021

• November 2021

  • How city representatives voted on ‘Build Back Better’

    Early reaction among the city’s representatives in Washington the day of the House vote approving the $2 trillion Biden adminstration domestic agenda focused on a provision that would expand TennCare coverage that the Tennessee Legislature has refused to expand.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2021

  • What Tennessee will get from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

    Tennessee stands to get billions of dollars to repair roads and bridges, build public transit and broadband and provide clean water after the U.S. House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Nov. 5.

    By Ian Round November 10, 2021

  • Collierville pauses to remember veterans’ service, sacrifice

    About 400 neighbors gathered to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans ahead of the Nov. 11 holiday.

    By Abigail Warren November 07, 2021

  • Kelsey pleads not guilty to campaign finance violations

    State Sen. Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) surrendered his passport and pleaded not guilty to five counts of campaign violations and fraud in federal District Court in Nashville.

    By Ian Round November 01, 2021

• September 2021

  • Elected officials react to Collierville shooting

    Some of the reaction called for an immediate look at the causes of such violence as part of a national debate while others called for supporting those grieving from the loss of life, at least for now.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2021

• August 2021

  • Miss. Gov.: South’s response to COVID impacted by belief in ‘eternal life’

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked about the pandemic Thursday, Aug. 26, at a re-election fundraiser in Shelby County held at a replica of the Mississippi governor’s mansion. 

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2021