There are 135 article(s) tagged Tennessee Legislature:

• March 2020

  • Shelby County wants out of permitless gun carry legislation

    Shelby County Commission wants to be "carved out" of Tennessee's proposed permitless carry law.

    By Linda A. Moore March 09, 2020

• February 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Tennessee Legislature

    Tennessee House Minority Leader Karen Camper (D) and Tennessee House Representative Jesse Chism (D) discuss pending bills in this year's state legislative session with host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.

    By Eric Barnes February 14, 2020

  • Germantown school leaders lay out legislative wish list

    The Germantown Municipal School District's Board of Education will take the district's legislative wishes to Nashville next week as they meet with state lawmakers. 

    By Abigail Warren February 11, 2020

  • Bloomberg opens Memphis HQ as August ballot starts to take shape

    Early voting in the state’s presidential primary is a week away.

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2020

• January 2020

  • Local PAC seeks better use of campaign funds to flip House seats for Democrats

    Robert Donati of Future901 says the local PAC has a long-term strategy to do for Democrats what money from statewide campaigns has long been expected to do for down-ballot races. On the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast he talked about growing the pool or regular campaign contributors.

    By Bill Dries January 18, 2020

  • The Early Word: Four nonstop flights on the way; bus fare delayed

    It’s Tuesday, Jan. 14, and we've got the state legislature reconvening, the Grizz grizzing, the dachshunds dashing and the airport announcing four new, nonstop destinations. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 14, 2020

  • Nelson: Joe Hanover’s mother couldn’t vote – until he became a Tenn. legislator

    Even more remarkable than Hanover’s role in suffrage ratification was the rest of his life. 

    By Michael Nelson January 07, 2020

  • House Speaker Sexton: Turnover in state education department a concern

    House Speaker Cameron Sexton was in Collierville Monday evening to attend a fundraiser for Collierville state Rep. Kevin Vaughan. The legislative session that begins next week will be Sexton's first regular session since becoming speaker this past summer.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2020

  • The Early Word: The growth of ortho, The DM and (hopefully) the DMV

    Good morning; it’s Jan. 3 and the very first Friday of the year. Today, we're talking about life after death, two restaurant closures and no more comments. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 03, 2020

• December 2019

  • Harris’ legislative agenda includes driver’s license reinstatement

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris wants to help the state reinstate driver’s licenses, a huge criminal justice issue for about 100,000 county residents.

    By Linda A. Moore December 23, 2019

• October 2019

  • Commission supports controls on title loan companies

    Shelby County Commission is asking the Tennessee General Assembly to cap interest rates on title loan companies.

    By Linda A. Moore October 21, 2019

  • Commission supports end to tax on menstrual products

    The Shelby County Commission approved a resolution Monday that asks the Tennessee General Assembly to remove sales taxes on menstrual products.

    By Linda A. Moore October 21, 2019

  • County Commission committee endorses ending sales tax on menstrual products

    Arlington High student Ainsley Feeney asks the Shelby County Commission to support state legislation to end sales taxes on menstrual products.

    By Linda A. Moore October 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • House elects Sexton as Speaker in special session

    The House of Representatives overwhelmingly elected Republican Cameron Sexton as Speaker Friday, attempting to reverse months of upheaval caused by a racist and sexist texting scandal surrounding former Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Sam Stockard August 23, 2019

  • Abortion rights advocate responds to being removed from Senate hearing

    Cherisse Scott, CEO of the reproductive rights advocacy organization SisterReach, was removed from a Senate hearing in a now-viral video clip. However, she says she's energized, not discouraged by the incident.

    By Jared Boyd August 21, 2019

  • Nelson: Led by Memphians, Tennessee ratified woman suffrage. Here’s why that matters

    Modern-day progressives like to think that progressives from earlier eras were, like them, enlightened about everything. It ain’t so now and it wasn’t so then. 

    By Michael Nelson August 14, 2019

• June 2019

  • Registry of Election Finance gives Hardaway clean slate

    The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance cleared state Rep. G.A. Hardaway Wednesday for filing a late report on his campaign finances for the pre-general period of 2018.

    By Sam Stockard June 12, 2019

• May 2019

  • Memphis House Democrats say Casada is only part of bigger problem

    Democratic state Reps. Antonio Parkinson and London Lamar say the Legislature has a problem with racism that goes beyond text messages in which House Speaker Glen Casada was included. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2019

  • The fine print: Five things to know about the state’s voucher legislation

    The state education department must administer the education savings accounts, establish a fraud-reporting system, and suspend or terminate schools that don’t comply with rules. It must produce an annual report on the number of students participating, the results of a parent survey, overall student performance and “graduation outcomes.”

    By Marta W. Aldrich May 09, 2019

  • Legislature passes TennCare block grant bill after impasse

    After hours of gridlock over a TennCare block grant bill and a scuffle at the House door, the Legislature approved a compromise as the General Assembly ended its session for the year.

    By Sam Stockard May 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Senate cracks down on large voter registration drives

    The Tennessee Senate approved legislation Thursday penalizing paid voter registration drives that turn in large numbers of incomplete forms and fail to train workers, legislation spurred by a 2018 Tennessee Black Voter Project drive.

    By Sam Stockard April 25, 2019

  • Lawmakers slam education officials after local providers lose grants for infant and toddler services

    Nearly half of the 35 longtime providers from around the state lost their state contracts in the latest award period in the Tennessee Early Intervention System, which provides educational services for children under the age of 3 with disabilities or developmental delays.

    By Jacinthia Jones April 23, 2019

  • Sanford: Legislature wields 1960s-style tactics to punish voter registration drives

    Instead of fueling another racial fight over the right to vote, lawmakers should be promoting better ways to help individuals and groups with the registration process. 

    By Otis Sanford April 18, 2019

  • Bill to arm teachers withdrawn – for now

    Rep. Ryan Williams pulled his controversial bill from consideration by the House Education Committee on Wednesday, one week after the measure easily cleared a subcommittee over the objections of teachers and law enforcement leaders.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 12, 2019

  • Voucher proposal open to legal challenge for excluding undocumented students

    The Tennessee Senate bill retains House language requiring applicants to provide government-issued documents like birth certificates, driver’s licenses, or passports. That provision could be in conflict with a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires states to offer public education to all children, regardless of their immigration status.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 11, 2019