Tennessee attorney general joins U.S. Supreme Court challenge to ...
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined 25 Republican attorneys general in a challenge to a federal court ruling allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports. The coalition, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme ...
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WEBBY: Charlotte Rene Woods - September 10, 2024. Tennessee state lawmaker Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, on Thursday joined U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, in Ettrick to engage young Democratic voters ahead of the presidential and congressional elections this fall. His visit to support Virginia Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris ...
Commentary: Four ways Tennessee’s new trust regulations benefit ...
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Tennessee’s national reputation as a leading state to establish and administer a trust took another step forward with the passage of several new regulations on May 12.
Amended: All four amendments to Tennessee's Constitution pass ...
WEBNov 10, 2022 · All four were approved, but none with a higher margin than the anti-slavery measure. In a news release Tuesday, Amendment 3 proponents called its passage “a ringing endorsement of freedom in our state. We have proven this was not right or left, it was wrong.”. Voters also embraced Amendment 1, which enshrines “right-to-work” in the ...
By law, all 95 Tennessee counties must have a sexual assault …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · “In some places, it’s been great,” she said. “In other jurisdictions, you just don’t have any momentum.” And in some Tennessee counties, Escue said, tensions between law enforcement and advocates have prevented the kind of collaborative team response to sexual violence the law is intended to foster.
One year after all-time low, number of economically distressed …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The Appalachian Regional Commission compiles the distressed county reports, which indicate whether a county suffers from higher poverty or unemployment rates than the rest of the southeastern United States.
Special interest spending aims to tip scales in West Tennessee …
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Todd has tallied $187,649 in donations from 224 individual donors in 2024, according to campaign finance reports released on July 25. Of that total, $70,350 (37%) of his overall donations came from political action committees, trade associations or businesses. Harris, who has campaigned on refusing donations from …
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WEBSep 6, 2024 · Barry beats $1 million mark in Congressional District 7 race. BY: J. Holly McCall - September 4, 2024. Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, a Democrat, has raised more than $1 million for her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. Green has raised just …
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WEBJul 6, 2020 · Click on the Campaign Finance tab, then on Raising, Spending, Filings and reports or another tab. As you did on Tennessee campaign finance site, you can download raw data or PDFs for candidates, PACs and anyone else financially involved with a political campaign. What to look for. A lot of meaningful information is hiding in plain sight.