Tennessee lawmakers' special session on public safety to address the aftermath of a deadly private school shooting spree in Nashville took an unexpected turn Tuesday after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved three fairly noncontroversial measures and then called it quits.
Tennessee lawmakers began their special session on public safety Monday with Republican leaders saying their members won't approve gun-control laws to make it easier to remove firearms temporarily from troubled individuals.
Parents whose children attend a conservative Christian elementary school in Nashville where six people were killed in a March gun attack said Sunday they are hopeful some progress may be made during Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's special session on public safety, which begins Monday.
Just days after a shooter armed with semi-automatic guns killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a Nashville private Christian elementary school in March, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called on the General Assembly to enact a law to allow law enforcement to remove firearms from unstable people through a judicial process.
With Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's special legislative session on public safety and mental health fast approaching, lawmakers in the Republican-controlled legislature have started filing a raft of bills.
Citing a critical need for additional truck drivers to transport goods and products, the Tennessee Board of Regents, Gov. Bill Lee and state lawmakers have teamed up to promote driver-training programs at the state's colleges of applied technology.
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Senate Democrats have gone on the offensive in the lead-up to Republican Gov. Bill Lee's Aug. 21 special session on public safety and firearms.
Among the 18 provisions included in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's call for an Aug. 21 special legislative session on public safety is one that lets lawmakers consider legislation authorizing judges to keep firearms out of the hands of people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.
A group of parents advocating for new firearms-safety measures after the deadly March shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville say they're grateful Republican Gov. Bill Lee has formally called a special session for Tennessee legislators to address gun safety, mental health and related issues.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday issued the formal call for his special session on public safety in the wake of a deadly March 27 shooting at The Covenant School, a private elementary school in Nashville where three 9-year-olds and three adults were killed by a 28-year-old former student police have said was under a doctor's care.
