The Shelby County lawmaker, arrested last week for DUI, reportedly acknowledged to Gov. Haslam that he “made a bad mistake” and he’s sorry. The governor, who reiterated the conversation for reporters, said he ran into Rep. Todd at a charity golf tournament Monday held by Speaker of the House Beth Harwell and Rep. Gary Odom.
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The vote on the override measure was 61-30. There was no discussion on the bill, which was taken after 9 p.m. and subsequent to a full day’s worth of floor action.
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Bill allows permit holders to carry weapons in establishments that serve alcohol
NASHVILLE – The State Senate passed a bill Thursday 23-9 sponsored…
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(April 28, 2010, NASHVILLE) – Representative Tony Shipley (R-Kingsport) today successfully moved landmark ignition interlock legislation forward by moving it out of…
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Both the Senate Speaker and bill-sponsor Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, want to alter the existing law to fix any ambiguities that led to a Davidson County judge overturning the law last fall. Waiting for the case to run its course through appeals courts could take too long, they say.
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For three years proponents of bringing Tennessee’s retail wine-sale laws in line with 33 other states have been pushing reform in the Legislature. This time around some of their old foes might be getting an invite to belly up to the bargaining table.
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Lawmaker who sponsored 2009 firearms-in-restaurants legislation is about to unveil “a general improvement on the law” for 2010. Sen. Doug Jackson says bill in draft will eliminate ambiguities a Davidson County judge called unconstitutional in a November ruling, and clarify how business-owners can prohibit guns with backing from police.
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A judge in Nashville on Friday triggered renewed debate over the controversial issue that fired up a range of competing interests last legislative session. Opponents of the law hailed the ruling as “common sense.” Supporters promise to re-word and reload it back into the statute books next year.
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