With the Tennessee General Assembly set to wrap up its annual business this week, bills related to medical marijuana, the statewide judicial system and unemployment benefits are among those whose fortunes are rising and falling rapidly.
As is tradition, the chaotic death throes of the term drew national attention, this time when Knoxville Republican Rep. Justin Lafferty argued that the Three-Fifths Compromise â the 1787 agreement that prescribed counting enslaved people as less than a person for apportionment purposes â was good, actually. His statement came amid a debate about what Tennessee schools can teach about racism and discrimination.
The House and Senate, both controlled by Republicans, disagreed on the debate Tuesday, as the House approved an amendment that could strip funding from schools where certain lessons on systemic racism are taught. The Senate refused to adopt the amendment, which could lead to further negotiations between the two chambers on Wednesday.
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