A failure of imagination in the Tennessee Legislature • Tennessee Lookout
For those not aboard the right-wing theocratic politics that controls the Tennessee General Assembly, the end of the winter brings a very familiar incident of political motor vehicle disease. Democrats collectively shrink to the backseat for three months as Republican lawmakers sprinted the perverse road where Cocammay runs down the twisted road from pointless towns […]
Some U.S. Republicans are pushing to keep energy tax credits. Tennessee lawmakers aren’t among them. • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee representatives are not among the 21 members of the U.S. House Republican Conference and have signed a letter advocating a Biden-era Clean Energy Tax Credit to avoid the budget chopping block. “Our constituency and the energy industry continue to be concerned about a disruptive change in our country’s energy tax structure,” the signator wrote. […]
GOP bill to bar immigrant kids without legal status from Tennessee public schools advances • Tennessee Lookout
The bill that would allow Tennessee public schools to eliminate children without legal immigration status cleared the House subcommittee on Tuesday as they gathered outside the hearing room chanting “stop hurting children” and “shaming.” The bill by Republican House Majority Leader William Lambers offers public K-12s and charter schools the option to refuse to register […]
Former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey gains Trump pardon two weeks after heading to prison • Tennessee Lookout
President Donald Trump was forgiven for former Senator Brian Kelsey a few weeks after Kelsey entered federal prison to serve what would be a 21-month sentence on federal campaign finance charges. Kelsey pleaded guilty in 2022 “Political weaponization” by the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden has denounced his conviction on two counts of […]
Former House Speaker, codefendant, file move to compel disclosure of informants in corruption case • Tennessee Lookout
Former House Speaker Glenn Casada and his former Chief of Staff support the joint allegations to force the pair to disclose confidential sources in federal corruption cases. Casada and Cade Koren filed a reply Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Central Tennessee on Tuesday after federal prosecutors rejected prior claims that forced them to identify […]
Memphis’s police reform effort might be delayed justice disguised as progress • Tennessee Lookout
City officials pledged to reform after the Department of Justice (DOJ) scath report on the Memphis Police Department (MPD). A task force was assembled and retired federal judge Bernice Donald was appointed as an independent monitor. Mayor Paul Young and the city’s leadership want them to believe they are taking meaningful steps towards accountability. And […]
Department of Correction settles deaf inmate lawsuit, agrees to provide accommodations • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Department of Corrections has agreed to provide videophobia, sign language interpreters and other accommodations to deaf people in Tennessee prisons, and settled a five-year-old lawsuit alleging that the state’s treatment of deaf prisoners violated federal law. Legal settlements also prohibit the department from punishing or punishing deaf prisoners for using sign language or […]
Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march • Tennessee Lookout
SELMA, Ala. – Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama police officers and police, attempting to make an effort to invoke voting rights from Selma to the Montgomery state capital. “I actually saw March and wanted to come. At […]
Tens of thousands commemorate 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma • Tennessee Lookout
SELMA, Alabama – Shayan Webb Christburg, age 8, was sought to lead hundreds of people in March 1965 in a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama for Black American voting rights. On Sunday, the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and Selma-to-Montgomery March, Webb-Christburg said they believe their voting rights are at risk. “Back in the […]
Tennessee once led the U.S. in childhood vaccines; a proposed bill would strip requirements • Tennessee Lookout
Since 1967, Tennessee has protected students, faculty, staff and the community by requesting specific vaccinations for children to attend school. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 28Rep. Gino Bruso, a Brentwood Republican, threatens to make these requirements unconstitutional. School vaccination requirements play an important role in keeping the disease at bay. Elimination of measles is a […]
