Under the state’s workers’ compensation laws, if your husband or wife dies while at work, you can get up to half of their average weekly pay. A Tennessee lawmaker wants to increase that to two-thirds.
A top Republican pauses Gov. Bill Lee’s attempt to disband the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
A bill, which seemed to be retaliatory, would’ve dissolved a commission made to audit the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. The idea came straight from the governor’s office, but it is no longer being pursued.
Tennessee House passes bill decriminalizing abortions for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies
Anti-abortion group Tennessee Right to Life opposed a prior version of the bill it described as too broad, but physicians say this still puts them at too much legal risk.
After social media scandal, Tennessee Republicans vote to keep Randy McNally as their speaker
The Lieutenant Governor has been under scrutiny for his social media activity on the accounts of young gay men.
Tennessee Democrats demand DCS release children taken from Black family after a traffic stop
Tennessee Democrats are demanding the state’s Department of Children’s Services return five Black children taken from their parents following a traffic stop in Coffee County last month, the details of which quickly went viral after the Tennessee Lookout first reported the story on Thursday.
A House Republican calls Senate Speaker Randy McNally a ‘groomer’ and ‘predator’ in letter requesting he resign
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, who presides over Tennessee’s Senate, is being asked to resign from his post by a Republican member of the Tennessee House. But McNally’s refusing to go.
Republican lawmakers push ahead with takeover of Nashville airport
Tennessee Republicans are moving toward exercising another lever to control Nashville’s government, advancing a measure that would take away nearly all mayoral appointments to Nashville’s Airport Authority Board.
Tennessee’s main anti-abortion group now backs an exception to the state’s total ban
Tennessee Right to Life is supporting a measure that would add exceptions to the state’s abortion law. The changes they made assure the group no abortions will take place unless they save the life of the mother.
Nashville announces lawsuit to stop Tennessee from downsizing Metro Council
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Monday that the city will be suing the state over a new law that slashes the size of Metro Council. The lawsuit alleges that the requirements written in the law violate several parts of the Tennessee Constitution.
Gov. Bill Lee signs bill to shrink Nashville Metro Council
Gov. Bill Lee quickly signed a measure into law that will reduce the size of Metro Council. The bill passed out of the Senate first thing Thursday morning and was signed by the governor before noon
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