There are 166 article(s) tagged Tennessee Legislature:

• April 2020

  • Three incumbents unopposed at filing deadline for Aug. 6 election

    A recap of the fields in the five Shelby County Schools board races and 16 races for the Tennessee Legislature.

    By Bill Dries April 03, 2020

  • Thursday filing deadline for August ballot includes last-minute surprises

    Five incumbents could effectively win re-election at Thursday's noon deadline, but that's not a sure thing for most of them. And eight of the 16 seats in the Shelby County delegation to Nashville on the Aug. 6 ballot will likely be decided with the primaries as the winners run unopposed in the November general election.

    By Bill Dries April 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 18: Health Department confirms fourth Shelby case

    • Tennessee's 98 cases mostly in patients between 18-49 years old
    • Small business emergency declared
    • Nike donating $500,000 to Memphis response
    • Community Foundation launches response fund

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Sanford: Take the CDC’s advice: ‘Don’t be nervous to work with the media!’

    A Tennessee legislator's tweet that "the national media is promoting fear and sheer panic" earns well-deserved criticism. 

    By Otis Sanford March 19, 2020

  • Sweeping Tennessee legislation filed to drop TNReady tests, allow fewer school days

    The proposal aims to lift the burden of testing and other state mandates from public schools disrupted by the ongoing spread of COVID-19, as well as deadly twisters that shredded parts of Middle Tennessee this month.

    By Marta W. Aldrich March 18, 2020

  • August ballot races start to fill out

    With three weeks to the filing deadline, some incumbent state legislators still haven't pulled their petitions to seek new terms in Nashville and a few of those races are filling up with potential challengers.

    By Bill Dries March 12, 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