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William Lamberth

Vouchers, disaster aid and hate speech: Tennessee’s top legislative priorities

Marianna Bacallao

January 13, 2025

Tennessee capitol

Tennessee lawmakers will reconvene in Nashville Tuesday for the 114th General Assembly. Their priorities are already clear.

Filed Under: Education, Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Abortion, Aftyn Behn, Bill Lee, disaster, Education Freedom Scholarships, Elaine Davis, grocery tax, hate speech, Hurricane Helene, IVF, Mark Pody, school vouchers, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

Tennessee’s tumultuous legislative session concludes after final flurry of action on education, guns and spending

Blaise Gainey

April 25, 2024

State lawmakers wrapped the 2024 session up Thursday night, having passed two of the biggest bills in the last week.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, John Ray Clemmons, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

Tennessee lawmakers reach deal on business franchise tax in the final hours of session

Blaise Gainey

April 25, 2024

Before the final buzzer sounded, the Tennessee House and Senate came to agreement on what to do with the state’s business franchise tax.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, taxes, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

Disability advocates raise concerns over Jillian’s Law that would change involuntary commitment in TN

Marianna Bacallao

April 23, 2024

A bill headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk would make it so anyone deemed unfit to stand trial would be automatically committed.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Belmont University, Disability Rights Tennessee, gun violence, involuntary commitment, mental health, tennessee house, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth, Zoe Jamail

Classes resume at original Covenant School campus for the first time in over a year

Rose Gilbert

April 18, 2024

Covenant School students, faculty and staff are holding classes at the school’s original campus for the first time since the mass shooting that left six dead, including three children, on March 27, 2023.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Covenant School, gun reform, guns in schools, Mary Joyce, Ryan Williams, Sarah Shoop Neumann, William Lamberth

Tennessee school voucher bill is ‘not dead yet,’ but the odds dwindle as the end of session looms

Alexis Marshall

April 17, 2024

House Majority Leader William Lamberth said the bill is “not dead yet.” On Tuesday legislators said negotiations were ongoing.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Bo Watson, Cameron Sexton, school vouchers, William Lamberth

Tennessee bill to untangle gun and voting rights restoration is killed for the year

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 12, 2024

Tennessee lawmakers have killed a bipartisan bill for the year that would have let residents convicted of felonies apply to vote again without also restoring their gun rights.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: guns, voting rights, William Lamberth

How much money will Tennessee businesses get back after the state changes how they’re taxed? The state House and Senate can’t agree.

Blaise Gainey

April 9, 2024

Tennessee senate chamber

The Tennessee House and Senate are butting heads on how much the state should give back to businesses that have been paying franchise taxes under the current, property-based model.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Bo Watson, Jonathan Skrmetti, Randy McNally, tax relief, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

Tennessee bill untangling gun and voting rights restoration advances, but faces uncertain odds

Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 8, 2024

Tennessee is advancing a bipartisan bill to allow people convicted of felonies to apply to vote again without getting gun rights restored. The bipartisan effort to untangle the two rights has cleared early hurdles but several remain.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Antonio Parkinson, guns, Randy McNally, voting rights, William Lamberth

House GOP introduces sweeping school voucher amendment, impacting testing, teacher evaluations and more

Alexis Marshall

February 28, 2024

After months of anticipation and conversations with lawmakers, Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher proposal is coming before legislative committees this week.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton, Jack Johnson, Jon Lundberg, school vouchers, William Lamberth

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