State officials predicted in 2009 law enforcement would ticket 10 people a day for typing messages while driving, but statistics show only a fraction of citations have been issued since then.
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Safety Commissioner Bill Gibbons promised to make drivers license offices operate like businesses. Among other changes, he’s considering consolidating facilities and hiring an assistant commissioner to oversee it all.
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More debate and heated disagreement likely ahead between immigrant-rights advocates and proponents of stiffening laws aimed at shutting down illegal immigration.
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Press Release from The Tennessee House Republican Caucus, Feb. 16, 2011:
NASHVILLE, February 16, 2010) – Flanked by Senate Republican leaders Bill Ketron, Jack Johnson, and Jim Tracy, Representative Joe Carr (R–Lascassas) today unveiled…
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Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Tracy said he’s hopeful legislation will come out of the General Assembly this year that enacts uniform statewide regulatory standards governing the operation of traffic cameras by local law…
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Arguments still rage over how, when or if local law enforcement should be using the unmanned surveillance equipment. Questions remain as to whether the devices are demonstrably effective at improving road safety, or if they are even constitutional.
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Press Release from the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus, Dec. 2, 2010:
(NASHVILLE, TN), December 2, 2010 – Local State Senator Jim Tracy announced today that the Murfreesboro City Schools District has been awarded $120,000…
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Press Release from Senate Republican Caucus; Sept. 7, 2010:
(NASHVILLE, TN), September 7, 2010 – Senate Education Chairman Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) said today that the Senate Education Committee will hold hearings on…
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Press Release from Senate Republican Caucus; Aug. 12, 2010:
NASHVILLE, TN), August 12, 2010 — State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) said today they have asked Senate
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Tennessee’s 6th District U.S. House Republican race a running 3-way shooting-war over fiscal, cultural, security and religious freedom issues.
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Drug testing of students is already allowed under state law, but not randomly. Currently, a student may only be drug tested “if there are reasonable indications to the principal that the student may have used or be under the influence of drugs.”
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