New TNJ edition alert: A special session post-mortem, another RNC snub, and Gloria hopes to take on Marsha
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— What compromise? Senate stamped authority on special session.
— No thanks to a re-do: Nashville gets the snub again for GOP convention.
— From the campaign trail: Johnson joins U.S. Senate race, Pearson backs Turner in Memphis
Also: Jimmy Buffett’s wasted years in Nashville, Don Sundquist lies in state, Chris Todd defends commentary, and an early candidate for Wackiest Bill of the Year.
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New TNJ alert: GOP lawmakers throw up barriers to public, feds channel top shelf whiskey
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Lawmakers shield themselves from advocates in special session.
— Courtside seat: Prosecutors to Phoenix Solutions: You’re no Pappy Van Winkle.
— From the campaign trail: O’Connell gets COVID-19, elbows thrown in Memphis mayoral contest.
Also: Joe Towns can’t stand the heat, shuttered Middle Tennessee newspapers revived, a taxpayer funded birthday party in Memphis, and G.A. Hardaway’s Freudian slip.
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New TNJ edition alert: Kelsey sentencing recap, a 6th Circuit vacancy approaches
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Final chapter in Kelsey chronicles? Ex lawmaker gets 21 months in prison for fundraising scheme.
— From the campaign trail: Rolli parts ways with consultant, Humble told to make full disclosure.
— Courtside seat: An opening on the 6th Circuit, a likely delay in the Casada case.
Also: Longtime head of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation passes away, Dolores Gresham goes after recalcitrant school boards, and Andy Ogles tries to tell the media how to cover the news.
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New TNJ edition alert: Response to Lee special session call ranges from hostility to lack of enthusiasm
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Few enthused as Lee finally issues call for latest special session.
— Republicans seek bylaws changes to clamp down on candidates’ primary eligibility.
— Party like it’s 1970? Rolli channels Dunn in seeking upset GOP victory.
Also: The government seeks to introduce evidence of prior bad acts by Glen Casada and Cade Cothren, Republican operatives launch PAC named after the state’s most famous Democratic lawmakers, and details emerge about the chain reaction in the Ron DeSantis motorcade wreck in Chattanooga.
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New TNJ edition alert: Motions to dismiss in Phoenix Solutions case, Kelsey sentencing draw near
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Defendants: Deception about Phoenix Solutions wasn’t a crime.
— From the campaign trail: Nashville to decide mayor’s race next week, field set in Memphis.
— Kelsey chronicles: Prosecutors seek longer sentence after Kelsey’s bid to renege on plea.
Also: Jonathan Skrmetti says he’s not targeting women seeking abortions out of state, Todd Gardenhire calls suburban gun protesters ‘hypocritical,’ Jim Strickland and Steve Mulroy get into war of words, and Cade Cothren says the state and the General Assembly are not the same.
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New TNJ print edition alert: Fundraising bonanza for the Justins, U.S. Senate race moves, Statesmen’s Dinner
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— Massive fundraising hauls for lawmakers ousted over gun protest.
— Nashville attorney out, Bradshaw to make another bid for U.S. Senate.
— As he awaits sentencing, Kelsey moves $200K to PAC that first drew media scrutiny.
— Updates from the state GOP’s Statesmen’s Dinner.
Also: Noted expert on legislative sneakiness quoted in court, dueling airport boards, Memphis utility chief tells powerless customers not to lose hope, and the AG’s office says state law trumps NCAA rules.
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New TNJ edition alert: GOP wins latest skirmish is court fights over new laws, a retrospective on Roy Herron’s political career
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is out. Here is what’s in it:
— GOP wins latest skirmish in multi-front legal battle over new laws
— Kelsey makes last-minute swap in legal teams, mulls litigation against former lawyers.
— Early voting underway for Nashville mayor, special state House races.
— Obituary: Roy Herron had front-row seat for Democrats’ decline in Tennessee.
Also: UT Martin gets its first black chancellor, team Cothren gets $75,000 in burger chain dispute, and Herbert Slatery is back at the AG’s office.
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New TNJ alert: Passenger rail advocates plot ways to get Tennessee back on track
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is here. Here is what’s in it:
— All aboard? Study signals way to get passenger rail back on track.
— Stymied again: Trump judge’s transgender ruling is latest to go against GOP lawmakers.
— Survey says… Tennesseans split on expulsion of two Democratic House members.
Also: The Baker Center is now the Baker School, the site of Harwell and Casada’s nominations for House speaker getting new digs, Roy Herron seriously hurt in personal watercraft collision, and the infallibility of state lawmakers questioned by the highest court in the land.
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New TNJ edition alert: A beachhead for the Hills and the history behind lying in state
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is here. Here is what’s in it:
— Get the band back together? Timothy Hill wins GOP nod to return to state House.
— Nashville council picks interim member for vacated House seat.
— Lying in state: A look at who has been bestowed the honor (spoiler alert: it’s mostly Democratic men)
Also: Jonathan Skrmetti decries a “media circus” not of his own making, T.J. Ducklo gets un-cancelled, a bid to rename Clingman’s Dome, and a blackout on the legislative website … in Italy.
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New TNJ edition alert: Lee finds fight between state and Nashville ‘counterproductive’
The latest print edition of The Tennessee Journal is here. Here is what’s in it:
— Lee: Fight between legislature and Nashville ‘counterproductive’
— Political roundup: Hagerty leading GOP effort to boost early voting, another Humble delay, and the Justins win their primaries.
— From the courts: Rulings favor naughty tags, rights of employees to write to lawmakers
Also: The late Cormac McCarthy’s ode to grimy Knoxville, Sheila Butt doubles down on impact fees, Garth Brooks discusses which clientele he wants for his new honky-tonk, and Judge Tommy Parker weighs in on “low value speech.”
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