MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today that The ICEE Company will establish its headquarters in La Vergne and create approximately 200 jobs in Rutherford County over the next five years. “Every kid and every parent in America has craved an ICEE at one …
State Rep. Mike Sparks, R-Smyrna, and State Sen. Sara Kyle, D-Memphis, today announced bipartisan legislation that will make it less expensive for gun owners to safely store their firearms. House Bill 761/Senate Bill 0551 will exempt the purchase of gun safes and gun locking devices from state retail sales tax in Tennessee. The state’s sales tax …
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In this current atmosphere of political polarization and discord, there is one issue which unites nearly all Americans, left, right and center: the need for Congressional term limits. Hence, the Tennessee House of Representatives deserves great credit for its bipartisan vote on April 8 to press the issue. I was proud to vote yea on …
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NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – The Rutherford County legislative delegation announced they are in opposition to the proposed expansion of Middle Point Landfill near Walter Hill. Earlier this month Republic Services submitted a proposal to the Central Tennessee Solid Waste Region Board. Since learning of the proposal, members of the delegation – Reps. Bryan Terry, Charlie …
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Already battling for numbers, the House Democratic Caucus kept Rep. John Mark Windle from bolting during an hour-long, closed meeting Thursday. When you’ve got only 26 of 99 House members and constantly scratch and claw for the smallest of victories, losing one vote could mean the world, especially when Windle – who is said to …
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Political campaigns in America have always been a contact sport – often, they get downright nasty. The most egregious display of political betrayal I have witnessed in my lifetime is what happened to state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis. Back in April, the Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee voted to take DeBerry off the ballot. They …
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In 2009 Nikki Goeser’s husband, Ben, was murdered in front of her and dozens of other people by a man whom she didn’t know had been stalking her. The entire chilling story is told in her 2019 book, “Stalked and Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me.” Ben’s murderer was …
Part of the proposed reforms includes an additional day reporting center and programs for community supervision to help people reenter society. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee is proposing that Tennessee make changes to its criminal justice system so that incarcerated people can reenter their communities safely. Money for “corrections” makes up around 6% of …
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