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The Tennessee state Senate today delayed taking action on a bill that would keep information secret about companies seeking state grants.

After two months of the protest group ‘Occupy Nashville’ camping on the Legislative Plaza, the state Senate today joined the state House in passing a bill to make such camping illegal.

Groups under the umbrella of Tennessee Citizen Action have filed petitions they say contain six thousand names of persons who want the Photo Voter ID law overturned.

A Cheatham County lawmaker says he has reworked his “prayer at the flagpole” bill to meet school board regulations. WPLN’s Joe White reports the new version closely follows a law passed in Florida.

After walking away from talks with the governor, the Tennessee State Employee Association is apparently negotiating behind the scenes on the governor’s plan for employment practices.

A state lawmaker wants to see high school and college students tested on their career interests and abilities. He says the proposal dovetails with the new pressure on colleges to improve their graduation rates.

The state House of Representatives fought for more than an hour before passing a bill today to clear the Legislative Plaza of the Occupy Nashville campers.

A controversial bill originally called “Don’t Say Gay” got out of a state House subcommittee Thursday night, potentially clearing the way for the bill to be enacted into law.

Nashville Democrat Janis Sontany [SAHN taay nee] says she won’t run for re-election. She’s the fourth Democrat in the state legislature to step down rather than run in newly redraw districts.

Governor Bill Haslam is backing off an attempt to let local school boards increase class size. The governor says he didn’t adequately explain what he was trying to do.