A measure that would have slashed the penalties for carrying a handgun illegally has died in the state legislature. The Tennessee Senate’s Judiciary quietly killed Senate Bill 2427 on Wednesday by declining to take it up for debate.
Plan To Cut Penalties For Illegal Guns Quashed In Tennessee Legislature
Lawmaker Offers To Water Down Cannabis Bill To Keep Debate Alive In Tennessee Legislature
Listen The East Tennessee legislator who’s been trying to win passage of a law allowing medical cannabis in Tennessee unveiled a new approach Wednesday, in the hope of getting it through the General Assembly. He suggests protecting many users from criminal prosecution. But they’d have to go out of state to buy cannabis and to […]
Tennessee Intends To Raid Welfare Funding To Enforce Medicaid Work Requirement
Listen The Tennessee legislature has designed a budget maneuver to pay for proposed rules around Medicaid. Republican states, including Tennessee, are adding requirements that Medicaid recipients have to work if they can. But enforcement is proving to be costly.
Tennessee Weighs One Argument For Medical Cannabis — Could It Cut Opioid Use?
Listen Melody Cashion rattles off the list of drugs she once needed just to function. Lyrica, Gabapentin, methadone, oxycodone, valium. There were more. But those were the every day ones.
Nashville Officials Tread Carefully Into Possible Reduction To Sgt. Robert Forrest’s Pension
Listen Nashville officials are debating a potential cut to former bodyguard Robert Forrest’s pension, following his affair with ex-Mayor Megan Barry and his subsequent decision to retire from his public position. The Nashville Employee Benefits Board has sole authority over setting the terms of the police sergeant’s pension, although Forrest may appeal the decision […]
Nashville’s Public Defender Says Office Needs More Funds — But From The State, Not Metro
The city’s top public defender says her office is overworked and understaffed, but she doesn’t think it’s Metro’s responsibility to fix it. Speaking at a budget hearing Tuesday, Dawn Deaner pointed out that — like the district attorney — her office serves primarily a state function. Public defenders are tasked with representing defendants facing criminal […]
Shootings By Police Ramp Up Workload For TBI
There’s no question about it: the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is busy. And not just managing the state’s three crime labs, tracking down fugitives or undertaking major investigations.
Why Nashville’s Property Assessor Likes To See Residents Fighting Appraisals, Despite Budget Impact
Listen One reason the Metro government is taking a conservative budget approach this year is because many residents have successfully fought to reduce their property reappraisals. While it means less tax money for the city, Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite was not defensive while fielding questions from Mayor David Briley at her budget hearing Monday.
Tennessee Lawmakers Reject Renewed Effort To Move Polk’s Tomb From Capitol Grounds
Listen Tennessee lawmakers have narrowly rejected an effort to move the tomb containing the remains of James K. Polk and his wife, Sarah, putting an end for now to a two-year debate over what to do with the memorial to the nation’s 11th president.
Fund Launches For Uninsured Musicians To Get Medical Tests
The death of a 28-year-old drummer from East Nashville has inspired a fund meant to pay for primary care and diagnostic testing for musicians. Ben Eyestone, who played for Margo Price and Nikki Lane, died from colon cancer last year just days after being diagnosed. He was uninsured but had tried to get a colonoscopy […]
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