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Contract accountability bill on calendar for Jan 31
UPDATE: HB944 was rolled one week, It is now scheduled to be heard on Jan. 31. — After a year of debate and discussion, including two summer study sessions, our [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 1/19/18
TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 1-19-18 The General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 and got down to business assigning committee chairpersons in the Senate and appointing new [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for December
The state has announced total tax revenues for December 2017 were $1.4 billion, which is $171.6 million more than this year’s budgeted estimate and $139.9 million more than December 2016. The [&hellip
Read More »TSEA’s 5-point legislative agenda for 2018
Tomorrow (Tuesday, January 9, 2018) the 110th General Assembly reconvenes in Nashville for the 2018 legislative session. This year, TSEA is gearing up for a major grassroots campaign to help [&hellip
Read More »Van Buren County seeks to block Inn closure, pushes relocation of new Inn
The Van Buren County Commission and other local elected leaders during a meeting Thursday night announced they are investigating possible legal action to halt the Haslam administration’s plans to demolish [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for November
The state has announced total tax revenues for November 2017 were $957.3 million, which exceeded revenues from the same month last year (5.55 percent higher) but is $4.1 million less [&hellip
Read More »Lawmakers reauthorize Department of Correction for one year
Today the members of the Judiciary and Government Joint Subcommittee of Government Operations reauthorized the Tennessee Department of Correction for a period of one year. The committee’s decision came after [&hellip
Read More »Knoxville legislators urge UT to opt out of outsourcing
Sen. Richard Briggs and Rep. Rick Staples coauthored a guest column for the Knoxville News Sentinel Friday urging University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport and President Joseph DiPietro to opt [&hellip
Read More »July Tax Revenues
The state has announced total tax revenues for July were more than budgeted expectations. This marks the fourth straight month and 11 of the last 12 months where total tax [&hellip
Read More »Press release – Stop the growth of private prisons in Tennessee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2016 Contact: Chris Dauphin Phone: (615) 256-4533, 800-251-8732 [email protected] Stop the growth of private prisons in Tennessee NASHVILLE – In light of the concerns outlined last [&hellip
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