Published by the Elizabethton Start, Contributed Content – June 14, 2023 Earlier this week Governor Billl Lee signed Senate Bill 781 into law at the Tennessee state capitol. Senator Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) and Representative John Holsclaw (R-Elizabethton) as well as area physicians were in attendance. Crowe carried the bill through the Senate in this…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Sam Stockard – June 13, 2023 The Tennessee Education Association sued the state Tuesday claiming a new ban on automatic payroll dues deduction to professional organizations is unconstitutional and singles out teachers among public employees. Filed in Davidson County Chancery Court on behalf of association members and local education…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Anita Wahwani – June 14, 2023 An annual report on the state of Tennessee kids has found slight improvements in child poverty rates but limited — and even downward —shifts in longstanding poor outcomes to their health, education and well-being. The report, the 2023 Kids Count Data Book by…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Jennifer Shutt – June 14, 2023 WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress reintroduced a bill Wednesday that would guarantee access to birth control regardless of any future Supreme Court rulings. The measure would ensure people have the right to use contraception and that health care providers have a right to…
Published by The Tennessean, Reporter Evan Mealins – June 12, 2023 Metro Nashville on Monday sued Gov. Bill Lee and the speakers of both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly over a new law giving the state the power to appoint the majority of the city’s airport authority board. The lawsuit, the latest in Nashville’s…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Sam Stockard – June 12, 2023 U.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson set a Thursday deadline for federal prosecutors to respond to the defense’s request for a pre-trial subpoena of House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s communication records in the corruption case against former chief of staff Cade Cothren, court records…
Published by WJHL, Reporter Jeff Keeling – June 12, 2023 The hearings give the public an opportunity to comment on how Ballad is performing in the four main areas the merger was supposed to create improvements in: health care cost, quality and access, and the overall health of the population. Alvarado said the hearing was…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Jennifer Shutt – June 13, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet. “The president honestly believes that in order to have the fullest opportunity available to bring manufacturing back, to bring…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Jacob Fischler – June 11, 2023 A federal judge in Florida unsealed an indictment that accuses former President Donald Trump of hiding classified national security documents after he left the White House, improperly storing them and sharing sensitive information with people who lacked security clearance. Though he’s not the only former…
Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Commentator Holly McCall – June 12, 2023 Tennessee lawmakers like to give fancy names to laws that don’t remotely represent what the titles suggest. For instance, Gov. Bill Lee on June 5 ceremoniously signed the Transportation Modernization Act at a table by the side of Donelson Pike in Nashville, surrounded…