Controversial gun bill dies in legislative panel; protesters gather to demand stricter controls
Jordan Buie, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee A controversial bill that would allow handgun carry permit holders to take their weapons almost anywhere in Tennessee won’t advance in this year’s legislative session. A subcommittee rejected the proposal...No, he never asked us to stop future election interference- by digby
“I wrote about yesterday’s intelligence hearing for Salon this morning: Tuesday’s televised annual Global Threat Hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee seemed like a rare and special event. What used to be considered routine and ordinary in...
Union membership holds steady in the South
By Chris KrommFebruary 2, 2018 Despite losing two high-profile organizing campaigns in 2017 — at Boeing’s factory in South Carolina and a Nissan plant in Mississippi — labor unions gained 130,000 members from the Southern workforce last year. Data released by...
Doctors raise concerns over Gov. Bill Haslam’s opioid proposal
from the Tennessean […The organization makes several recommendations, including limiting dispensing instead of prescribing. It suggests limiting initial filling of prescriptions at pharmacies to seven days. Another recommendation the group makes is requiring...GoVoteTN Get the App
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Let's do Something about Gun Violence | Roane Democrats
Target Your Legislators to Do Something About Gun Violence Following the school shooting in Nashville last March, parents organized for action to reduce gun violence, the number one killer of children. The Tennessee General Assembly is expected to enter a special session to focus on firearm safety l...
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Nashville council votes to reinstate Black Tennessee lawmaker | Roane Democrats
NASHVILLE — Local officials voted Monday to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican state lawmakers for leading a gun-control protest on the House floor after a fatal school shooting. The vote by the Nashville Metro Council to give Rep. Justin Jones, 27, his job ...
Release:Two Years Later: America Rescue Plan Still Delivering – No Thanks to GOP | Roane Democrats
For Immediate Release March 11, 2023: Contact: Tennessee Democratic Party 319 Plus Park Blvd. Nashville, TN 37217 Office: (615) 327-9779 comms@tndp.org Two Years Later: America Rescue Plan Still Delivering – No Thanks to GOP On the two-year anniversary of President Biden signing the American Rescu...
Let's do Something about Gun Violence | Roane Democrats
Target Your Legislators to Do Something About Gun Violence Following the school shooting in Nashville last March, parents organized for action to reduce gun violence, the number one killer of children. The Tennessee General Assembly is expected to enter a special session to focus on firearm safety l...
History Rhymes Again
The End of Affirmative Action
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