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The highlights and controversies of the Tennessee General Assembly's recent session, including debates on school vouchers, tax cuts, guns in schools, LGBTQ+ rights, and more.
Early on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024. John A. “Johnny” Jones of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed peacefully into eternity.
Early on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024. John A. “Johnny” Jones of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed peacefully into eternity.
Tennessee's GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed Republican Gov. Bill Lee's universal school voucher push. For months, Lee declared enacting universal school vouchers his top priority for the legislative session. At the same time, he warned that lawmakers must pass the major tax cut and refund for businesses to prevent a potential lawsuit as critics alleged the state violated the U.S. Constitution.
A bill that would prohibit coercion for vaccines and misinformation from healthcare providers about vaccine requirements has been assigned to a conference committee after the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives could not agree on which version of the bill they would like to enshrine into law.