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Legislative Update: 2-7-2020
The legislative bill filing deadline has now passed (Wednesday, Feb. 5), so we can begin looking over the hundreds of bills filed to determine those that would impact state employees. [&hellip
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Legislative Update: 1-31-2020
Middle TN Legislative Dinner Thursday’s Legislative Dinner in Nashville was a great success. We had a great turnout of TSEA members who showed up to express their concerns, speak to [&hellip
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Legislative Update: 1-24-2020
Health Insurance Premium HolidayThe State Group Insurance Committee today approved an insurance premium holiday for May 2020 for active state and higher education employees. What this means for State Employees: [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 1-17-2020
The first week of the 2020 Legislative Session was action-packed! We started the week with hearings affecting both the Department of Correction and the Department of Human Services. As the [&hellip
Read More »Statement on Comptroller audit findings in TDOC
The findings included in the recent Comptroller’s audit of TDOC raise serious concerns for the safety of the state employees and inmates in our state prison system. TSEA believes Commissioner [&hellip
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Gov. Lee announces 12-weeks paid family leave for state employees
Gov. Bill Lee today signed an executive order to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave for State Employees. According to the Tennessean’s coverage of today’s announcement, Tennessee will be the only [&hellip
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Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Dunn not seeking re-election
Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Dunn has announced that after 26 years of service to the residents of House District 16 in the Knoxville area, he will not seek reelection in [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 5-3-19
This week the state budget passed and the legislative session adjourned for the year. This was a great week for state employees, as more than $100M was included in the [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 4-26-19
Session is almost finished for the year. This week the House passed their budget bill. Once the Senate passes their budget bill (most likely Monday), both houses will negotiate to [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 4-18-19
Burden of Proof Update: This week the Senate State and Local Government committee voted to send the Burden of Proof bill to a Summer Study committee, despite our efforts to [&hellip
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