Press Release from the House GOP Caucus, June 8, 2011:
Mount Juliet Legislator Calls First Session the Most Successful in Tennessee History
(NASHVILLE, June 8, 2011) – After years of near one Party control…
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Property Rights & Land-Use Planning
The General Assembly is officially in recess for the year. But a number of matters are as yet unresolved and will be taken up over the coming weeks and months in study committee sessions.
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The minority party hasn’t had a lot to be happy about this legislative session, but they signed on with the majority GOP to pass a budget that House Democratic Leader Fitzhugh said left him “very pleased.”
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The bill, which limits damages in jury awards, passed the upper chamber Thursday with only one Republican voting against it. It’s a key piece of legislation for Gov. Bill Haslam, who has said tort reform will make the state more attractive to businesses, thus creating jobs.
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The city of Jackson has extended police, fire and other services to a 7-square-mile area northwest of the city it is annexing, the Jackson Sun reports. The annexation, which prompted a lawsuit from affected…
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Political reverberation from a mega theme park proposed for Spring Hill has claimed this city’s chairman of the planning commission, who got the boot this week from the mayor after opposing him on the…
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By looking over the estimated price tag attached to each of the thousands of bills filed in the Legislature every session, taxpayers can at least get a sense of the numbers lawmakers are themselves working with as they deliberate what they think ought to be on state government’s to-do list.
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The public ought not anticipate a comprehensive, all-encompassing bill or administration-backed piece of legislation aimed at creating jobs, because there likely isn’t going to be one.
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Press Release from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Jan. 12, 2011:
Think Tank Releases Second Edition of its Legislators’ Guide to the Issues; Policy guide offers free market recommendations on dozens of…
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Press Release from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Dec. 22. 2010:
Coal Ash Spill Foundation Takes Dubious Prize for Unscrupulous Actions
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR), the state’s free…
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