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2022 Key Legislative Highlights – Terry Carroll
TSEA Government Affairs Director Terry Carroll details some key items included in the state budget in what was a historic year of funding for state employees
Read More »Burden of Proof passes House and Senate
The Burden Of Proof bill, HB2172/SB2422 passed both the TN House and Senate unanimously on Monday, February 28, 2022. This bill, which we’ve worked to advance for several years, is one of the more significant pieces
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 2-25-2022
This week, years of hard work by TSEA and our sponsors of the Burden of Proof bill over several general assemblies finally have realized the result of passage through all standing committees. The bill now faces
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 2-18-2022
Tuesday our TEAM PAC leadership during their Day on the Hill had very productive meetings with all four caucus chairman in the House and Senate. Senate Chairman Ken Yager (Kingston) and Ramesh Akbari(Memphis), as
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 2-11-2022
TSEA had a productive week on the hill. We ended the week Thursday evening with the Shelby County and Memphis Higher Education Chapter Legislative Dinner. We are very grateful to the Legislators who made
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 2-4-2022
Gov. Bill Lee this week presented his 4th State of the State address. While he didn’t outright mention state employees in his speech, he also released his FY2022/2023 Budget Proposal, which proposes funding a 4-percent salary
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 1-28-2022
As the pace picks up in the halls of the Cordell Hull building, TSEA continues to hold productive meetings with your legislators as we work to secure sponsors for legislation that supports our legislative
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 1-21-2022
The 112th Tennessee General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Livestreams and videos of legislative meetings and activities are accessible on the legislative calendar page at this link: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/schedule/ We have had a
Read More »Gov. Lee to present State of the State
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee yesterday announced he will deliver his annual State of the State address in the Tennessee State Capitol House Chamber on Monday, January 31, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. CT. During his
Read More »Winter Pay Adjustments and Bonuses 2021-2022
On Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, state employees received excellent news about upcoming pay adjustments. Some details of those announcements are included below. “We are grateful to the Lee administration and the members of the
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