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House passes amended state budget; Senate and House to negotiate differences
Today the Tennessee House passed an amended version of the state budget. The House version of the budget differs significantly from the Senate’s budget, which means the two legislative bodies [&hellip
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Legislative Update: 2-21-2020
The most significant news from the week was Governor Bill Lee’s announcement on Wednesday to work toward paid family leave for state employees through the legislative process instead of an [&hellip
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State Revenues for July 2018
The state has announced overall revenues for July 2018 were $1.1 billion, which is $50.8 million more than the state collected in June of 2017, but $8.6 million less than [&hellip
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State Law Provides State Employees Time Off to Vote
As a reminder, State law provides that all state employees must be allowed time off from work to vote: “any person entitled to vote in an election held in this [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for May
The state has announced overall revenues for May 2018 were $1.1 billion, which is $13.1 million more than the state budgeted. The FY18 Year-to-date revenues for ten months were $321.1 [&hellip
Read More »State Employees endorse Harwell and Fitzhugh
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Employees Action Movement (TEAM-PAC) the official PAC of TSEA, today voted to endorse Beth Harwell in the Republican Primary and Craig Fitzhugh in the Democratic Primary [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for April
The state has announced total tax Revenues for April 2018 were $1.9 billion, which is a growth of 3.76 percent more than last year and $128.3 million more than the [&hellip
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Gov. Haslam signs bill extending Maternity and Paternity leave for State Employees
Yesterday (5-3-18) Governor Haslam signed into law legislation which allows state and higher education employees to use their sick leave and annual leave for maternity or paternity leave for a [&hellip
Read More »Gov. Haslam signs bill to provide employees with evidence prior to disciplinary hearings
Governor Haslam yesterday (5/3/18) signed into law legislation which deals with the handling of evidence for hearings, representation at Step I hearings, and time calculations. This legislation took effect immediately [&hellip
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Gov. Haslam Vetoes proton therapy cancer treatment option for state employees
Governor Haslam has vetoed legislation which would have provided state employees coverage under the state group insurance plan for physician prescribed hypofractionated proton therapy for cancer treatment as an alternative [&hellip
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