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With Gov. Bill Lee’s signature, Tennessee last week became the first state in the nation to establish the right of adults who claim moral or religious objections to LGBTQ identity to foster and adopt LGBTQ kids. In the days since the law became effective, the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) has shelved a 10-year-old policy […] The post In the child’s best interest? appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.
Brian Ragan was chosen to serve as interim state House District 69 representative by the Dickson County Commission on Monday night.
A month after the Legislature passed a COVID-19 omnibus bill in a secret meeting, GOP Rep. Patsy Hazlewood joins lawmakers ready to unwind it.
The governor will also sign into law more than 20 other bills passed in recent weeks that send more people to prison for longer.
May 5, 2021 Republicans say it's necessary to move statewide legal decisions out of Davidson County. Democrats contend it is "sausage making" and "court packing" at its worst. Subscribe Either way, the House voted 68-23 to create a three-member statewide appellate court – to be appointed by the governor – to hear redistricting cases and constitutional challenges to state law. "What we started with here was rotten meat to begin with, and now we've amended it to make it worse," said Rep. John Ray Clemmons, a Nashville Democrat. Subscribe The measure the House approved is markedly different ...