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Delays in an East Bank Authority bill that pushed it until the end of the legislative session allowed the measure to pass without debate, averting potential rancor that could have derailed it. House Republicans sponsored late amendments that might have sent the chamber into disarray over the bill as the Legislature prepared to adjourn sine […] The post End-of-session burnout enables East Bank bill passage appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.

Tennessee lawmakers have officially agreed to eliminate a portion of the state’s business tax one year after making several costly changes to the same tax. Estimates from the general assembly’s fiscal review committee show that the two cuts and an additional refund approved this year will cost the state at least $7.4 billion in the future. Tennessee traditionally […] The post Tennessee lawmakers agree to a second billion-dollar tax break for businesses in as many years appeared first on Tennesse

(This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.) A bill that would strengthen oversight of Tennessee’s juvenile detention centers has failed, despite a concerted push for reform after multiple county-run facilities were found to […] The post Despite outcry at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill appeared fir

Gov. Bill Lee entered the fray as a “political outsider” six years ago. Based on his performance toward the end of the 113th General Assembly, he’s still standing on the other side of the fence — almost invisible. The Legislature ignored his pleas to pass a private-school voucher bill for every student in the state, […] The post Stockard on the Stump: Gov stumbles to end of Tennessee session appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.

“Range is hot!” The curt, sandpaper voice of the ever-grumpy range warden at my Boy Scout summer camp was always loud, even through my hearing protection. How someone can sound like five decades of chewing tobacco consumption and still be loud as a cannon is beyond me, but twenty years later, a voice that was […] The post Corporate capture, the Covenant shooting, and a crippled system we must change appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.