New edition alert: Lawmakers adjourn for the year and we hand out our annual TNJ awards

The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:

— With the legislature safely adjourned, we hand out awards for the year’s best legislation, lobbying effort, and administration liaison. Also, an assortment participation medals for less laudable actions during the session.

— Party purity? Trump-backed candidate kicked off GOP ballot, but pot-smoking party switcher stays.

— Twenty-two Republican hopefuls failed to meet party standards but 13 are restored to the ballot, including a challenger to Rep. Scott Cepicky and three of four GOP candidates to succeed retiring Rep. Michael Curcio.

Also: Weston Wamp says he’s not behind attacks on rivals, Knoxville hires a new police chief, lawmakers deal final insult to Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle, and the latest intrigue surrounding Bruce and Rebecca Griffey.

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