New TNJ edition alert: McNally succession moves, abortion exceptions, and the Slashville challenge
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Calling all pretenders: Succession talk fueled by McNally scandal.
— Legislative roundup: Abortion, campaign finance, and the light at the end of the (session) tunnel.
— Slashville: Nashville sues to halt legislature’s move to cut Metro Council in half.
Also: Flipping the order of Brian Kelsey’s sentencing hearing, Andy Ogles’ ongoing résumé problems, Tim Rudd’s parking garage dreams, and a flooded Capitol complex.
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New TNJ edition alert: Lee’s carrot-and-stick approach to teachers, blood in the Nashville water
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Governor’s bid to raise teacher pay hike bill would also ban dues collection.
— Blood in the water: More punitive measures follow law halving the size of Nashville council.
— No harm, no foul? Judges mull motions for summary judgment in re-districting challenge.
Also: Dwight Tarwater’s state Supreme Court nomination confirmed, residency requirement questions cloud Memphis mayor’s race, new Knox County GOP chair pledges “return to normalcy,” and is there an emoji for succession jockeying for the Senate speakership?
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New TNJ alert: An awkward coming together, toll lanes on cruise control, booze bill reversal
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— House Republican leaders, Cade Cothren, and Todd Warner run into each other in a Nashville steakhouse. What could go wrong?
— Lee’s toll lane proposal on cruise control after clearing key committees.
— How the package of bills targeting Nashville for GOP snub could play out.
— Legislative roundup: Outside counsel for the legislature, a delay on bill to add abortion exceptions, a reprieve for Tennessee State, and the tables get turned on the ready-to-drink cocktails bill.
Also: Andy Ogles says mistakes were made, the House tables a motion to honor a vocal critic, the revenue commissioner’s “big sexy” moment in court, and Bill Lee’s yearbook problem.
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New TNJ alert: How to ease the anti-Nashville frenzy, Lee’s big-money play for express lanes
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Could deal on 2028 convention ease GOP’s anti-Nashville frenzy?
— Bill Lee’s $3.3B roads plan includes sending big money to sparsely populated areas, indexing the hiked EV fee.
— Supreme Court nominee Dwight Tarwater in his own words.
— Obituaries: Redistricting advocate Maclin Davis and former senator and lobbyist Tommy Haun.
Also: McNally was alerted to heartbeat issues by watch, Cade Cothren gets delay for Registry case, Guy Jones to retire from prosecutors’ group, and lawmakers charge into trying to regulate drag shows.
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New TNJ edition alert: Ready or not, here comes the fight over premixed cockails
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Could ready-to-drink cocktails be headed to state grocery stores?
— House speaker says Nashville business community behind effort to slash Metro Council, new bill would repeal special tourism taxes in the city.
— New health commissioner not taking questions on rejection of federal HIV funds, freshman lawmaker withdraws bill to give governors two more terms, and unifying legalized gambling.
— Money matters: The big donors and recipients of campaign funds since the November election.
Also: Memphis girds for release of video of fatal police beating, Glenn Funk recuses himself from Jeremy Durham case, Joe Towns catches a break from the Registry, and Cameron Sexton lists the Nashville representatives he likes.
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New TNJ alert: Supreme Court finalists in their own words, lawmakers drop bills into the hopper
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— A look at some key answers given to the screening panel by the three finalists for an upcoming vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court: Kristi Davis, Tom Greenholtz, and Dwight Tarwater.
— Fresh out of the hopper: Lawmakers file bills on sentencing, handgun safety, fees on developers, and bringing remedial classes back to four-year colleges.
Also: Andy Ogles at the center of the stalemate over a new House speaker, Bill Lee’s “deliberative process privilege” denied by Nashville judge, Tim Burchett on the effects of not kissing enough butt, and Bill Hagerty’s letter-writing campaign.
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New TNJ edition alert: New battle brewing over abortion law, new faces in the legislature
The Tennessee Journal’s final print edition of the year is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Exceptions to abortion ban back on table when lawmakers return, Sexton could ap-point special committee to evaluate proposals.
— New faces: Photos and bios of all 23 new additions to the General Assembly.
Also: Andy Ogles threatens Mitch McConnell, Vincent Dixie blames Cameron Sexton for his defeat his caucus leadership election, Chattanooga’s conflict of interest loses Olympic trials bid, and Justin Jones has a leg up on his new colleagues in the House.
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New TNJ edition alert: SCOTENN applicants, lobbying spending, Vandy poll
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— 3 judges, defense attorney, and trial lawyer seek to fill high court vacancy.
— Lobbying spending jumps as much as 12% over pre-pandemic levels.
— Vanderbilt poll gauges attitudes toward abortion, transgender laws
— Truth in gifting: A look at what the political set can expect to get on Christmas.
Also: An overhaul in the House speaker’s office, lawmakers confer in Hawaii, law enforcement training center gets green light (without Tullahoma element), and a new restaurant in Memphis will be called The Lobbyist.
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New TNJ edition alert: Nashville council in the crosshairs and the latest on charters and vouchers
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out Here is what’s in it:
— Coming home to roost? Nashville girds itself for GOP retribution.
— Don’t call it a dumb-back: Hilldale-linked charters gear up for another go.
— New bill would expand voucher program to Hamilton County … and maybe Knox and Madison.
— Obituary: Ken Roberts, onetime primary opponent of Howard Baker.
Also: Jeremy Durham loses appeal on record Registry penalties, mayoral candidate compares Nashville to the 1990s-era Chicago Bulls, Cade Cothren sues burger chain in salary dispute, and the worst kind of RINO rears its head.
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New TNJ edition alert: Kelsey prison time math, House leadership votes, Funding Board goes low
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Feds: Contrition key to Kelsey avoiding extra prison time following guilty plea, former lawmaker admits deeds were ‘no accident.’
— State House Republicans stick mostly to status quo, Dems select new caucus chair.
— Funding board goes with extra low revenue projections. Again.
— Gov. Bill Lee’s administration makes its pick on “choice” lanes, hike in EV fees.
Also: Bob Corker says he doesn’t miss it, Beth Harwell chases Belle Meade burglar, Bill Lee hires a Kentucky state senator to run Health Department, Jeremy Durham gets a trial date.
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