Listen Updated at 10:43 with response from John Lott. Mass shootings. And how to prevent them. That’s what was on Tennessee lawmakers’ minds as they opened debate for the year on the state’s gun laws. Helping to guide their thoughts was a prominent researcher, who argues more guns mean less danger.
Tennessee Lawmakers Withdraw Measures On Ultrasounds Before Abortions And Fetal Tissue Sales
Tennessee lawmakers have withdrawn two abortion measures that would have required a woman to receive an ultrasound before an abortion and would have banned the sale of aborted fetal tissue. The proposals, House Bill 1709 and House Bill 1459, were pulled without explanation Tuesday afternoon. They were seen as among the most extensive anti-abortion measures […]
Tennessee Attorney General: No Deadline For ‘Thorough’ Durham Misconduct Investigation
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says his office has opened its investigation into allegations of misconduct by state Representative Jeremy Durham. Slatery says a team of attorneys has already been assigned to handle claims Durham, R-Franklin, sexually harassed three women at the state Capitol and any other such accusations. But he doesn’t know how long […]
Lawmakers Turn Durham Investigation Over To Tennessee Attorney General
Tennessee lawmakers are formally asking the state’s top lawyer to investigate misconduct allegations against Franklin Representative Jeremy Durham.
Tennessee Senate Refuses To Honor Latina Activist Renata Soto, Citing Objections To National Group
The Tennessee Senate has refused to honor Nashville activist Renata Soto. Senators voted Monday to reject a resolution that would congratulate Soto on being elected chair of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino-rights organization.
Five Quotes That Help Explain Tennessee’s Constitutional Convention Debate
Listen Last week, Tennessee became the fifth state where lawmakers voted to open up the country’s founding documents and make a few tweaks or go even further. Here’s the audio that helps explain what’s going on:
With Constitutional Convention, Tennessee Lawmakers Vote To Send ‘Atomic Bomb Of Politics’ To D.C.
Listen State lawmakers voted Thursday morning to make Tennessee the fifth state to call for a new Constitutional Convention — the first in more than 200 years. The idea is the product of conservative activists who want to rein in the federal government. Tennessee joins Alaska, Alabama, Florida and Georgia in passing calls for a […]
Middle Tennessee Lawmakers Say The Answer To Traffic Congestion May Be Private Businesses
Listen Middle Tennessee’s highways are becoming more and more clogged, but efforts at mass transit have fizzled over the past decade. The solution, some local lawmakers say, may be to bring in private businesses as partners.
Term Limits? Balanced Budgets? Tennessee Lawmakers To Demand A Major Rewrite Of The Constitution
Listen Updated February 4, 10:15 a.m. The state House of Representatives voted 59-31 Thursday morning to approve the call for a Constitutional convention. Tennessee is the fifth state to do so. Original Post Since the Bill of Rights, there have been just 17 changes to the U.S. Constitution. But Tennessee lawmakers could decide as soon as […]
Foes Of Joelton Natural Gas Compressor Take Fight To The State Legislature
Listen Opponents of a plan to build a natural gas compressor in Joelton are taking their fight to the state legislature. Two Nashville lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban compressors within a mile of a park.
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