Akbari to serve on panel overseeing COVID-19 funds
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari will serve on a panel overseeing spending billions of dollars in federal funds coming to Tennessee as part of the COVID-19 crisis response.
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April 2020
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Governor touts federal help for small business payroll and self-employed
Gov. Bill Lee pushed a federal paycheck protection program Tuesday, April 7, for small businesses as well as relief for independent contractors who can qualify for unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing to reverse or clarify his stance the previous day.
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March 2020
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Human trafficking bill inspired by Cyntoia Brown clears House
Responding to Cyntoia Brown's case, legislation by state Rep. London Lamar of Memphis has passed in the House enabling victims of human trafficking to use it as a self-defense in criminal cases.
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February 2020
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Locked and loaded: Governor proposes new handgun bill
Gov. Bill Lee proposed legislation Thursday to allow “constitutional carry,” watering down the state’s handgun permit system, if not almost eliminating it.
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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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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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Shelby-Metro Nashville lawsuit: Education voucher program is ‘unconstitutional’
Shelby County government and Metro Nashville Public Schools joined forces in a lawsuit Thursday challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee’s education savings account program.
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Democrats say governor’s State of the State takes political turn
Democrats accused Gov. Bill Lee of throwing “red meat” to conservatives in his State of the State address, while Republicans said he showed "vision," especially in K-12 education.
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January 2020
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House leaders bank on funding argument to block refugee resettlement
Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation to take away the governor’s authority to keep Tennessee in the federal refugee resettlement program by claiming he is illegally "obligating" state funds.
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Tennessee’s Medicaid block grant a mismatch for new federal rules
Opponents of Gov. Bill Lee’s federal block grant request for Medicaid funds say the proposal will be "dead on arrival" in Washington, but the governor's administration says it is "encouraged" by a Thursday policy announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Sanford: Memphis politicos pick their presidential candidates
State legislators and the Memphis and Shelby County mayors are among elected officials who have endorsed a presidential candidate and plan to campaign for their choice.
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Democrats demand major funding increase for K-12 education
One Memphis lawmaker contends Tennessee is setting up public education to fail by underfunding it then turning it over to charter operators and private schools.
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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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Amtrak hoping to add to Memphis service, create Nashville line
Amtrak is hoping to add a Memphis line from Illinois and possibly create a Memphis-to-Nashville line and another from Nashville to Atlanta as it tries to tap into growth in the Southeast.
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Rose forging ahead with another bill targeting LGBT
Despite withering opposition from the LGBT community on an adoption bill, state Sen. Paul Rose is pushing ahead with legislation that would prevent local governments from giving preferential treatment to vendors and contractors who have favorable LGBT working conditions.
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Senate passes Rose legislation letting adoption agencies reject same-sex couples
State Sen. Paul Rose pushed legislation through the Senate Tuesday allowing state-licensed adoption agencies to turn down same-sex couples they consider in conflict with their religious beliefs.
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December 2019
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Akbari to renew push for juvenile sentencing restructure in murder cases
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari is working on legislation designed to give prisoners who commit murder as juveniles a chance for earlier release if they can prove they’ve changed their lives.
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Republican leaders want to forge ahead with refugee resettlement lawsuit
Republican leaders are determined to push a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Refugee Resettlement Program despite losses in court and opposition to the lawsuit by Memphis Democrats and an organization that settles refugees in Shelby County.
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Governor’s task force backs comprehensive criminal justice reform plan
Tennessee could see sweeping changes through recommendations from the governor’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force to deal with a billion-dollar budget and increased incarcerations.
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Akbari urges federal funds for Memphis programs such as Agape
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari is encouraging money to be spent for programs such as Agape in Memphis, which are cutting into poverty, as the state studies how to spend $732 million in TANF "reserves."
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‘Suspicions’ still dog governor’s education savings accounts law
Lawmakers will try to derail Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account law in 2020 amid “suspicions” about whether some lawmakers were offered perks for supporting it.
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Local Biden supporters court undecideds in city’s Democratic base
Biden partisans locally are pushing the narrative that the former vice president is the only Democrat in a large pack of contenders who can beat President Donald Trump in the November general election.
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National Health Law group calls state’s block grant proposal too vague
A healthcare advocacy organization is calling the state’s federal block grant proposal too “vague” for “meaningful” public comment and says it should be rewritten to show exactly how the state plans to spend any “shared savings” with the federal government.
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Lee says no final decisions yet on how to use $732M buildup of funds for needy
During a visit to Memphis Sunday for a Rosa Parks Day proclamation, Gov. Bill Lee said he is willing to work with legislators on the best use of federal TANF funding that will likely include some kind of reserve funding level.
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November 2019
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Akbari: Legislature will have input on spending funds for needy
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari says legislators won’t be precluded from coming up with a plan to spend some $732 million in reserve funds even though the Department of Human Services unveiled its own proposal.
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