The speakers of the House and Senate at the Tennessee General Assembly plan an amendment to allow for creation of charter-run boarding schools and other types of schools.
Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally said Thursday he might be willing to consider reframing some language in the state's abortion ban if it means better protecting the law from legal challenges while also maintaining the original intent to prevent nearly all abortions unless medically necessary.
Gov. Bill Lee's plan to contract with private companies to build express toll lanes to go alongside existing Tennessee freeways in urban areas barely scraped through the state Senate Transportation Committee on a 5-4 vote Wednesday.
The Tennessee Senate on Monday approved legislation allowing privately operated public charter schools to enroll up to 25% of their students from outside the local public school district where they operate while also limiting the number of children of administrators and teachers attending a charter to no more than 10%.
Bill limiting performances is nearing his desk for approval
Tennessee charter schools in Hamilton County and several other school districts could enroll up to 25% of their students from outside the local public school district under a bill set for a state Senate floor vote Monday.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was in Palm Beach, Florida, over the weekend, attending a retreat for Republican political types just four miles away from Mar-a-Lago, the private club and home of former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Lee in the businessman's successful 2018 and 2022 bids for governor.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee is putting Gov. Bill Lee on notice, saying the nonprofit organization will sue if the Republican governor signs into law a just-passed measure that would ban most gender-affirming care for minors.
Additional measure bans drag performances in public or with children present
A Tennessee House effort to change the state's abortion ban to create an exception in cases where a physician deemed it necessary to prevent the death of a pregnant woman or prevent serious and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function was left in limbo Wednesday in committee.
