Legislation banning the sale of fetal remains by abortion providers in Tennessee passed the state House overwhelmingly by a vote of 79-9. The bill is a priority of the Haslam administration and was approved earlier in the state Senate 28-2….
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State House Votes to Protect Conscience of Christian Therapists
Tennessee’s House of Representatives just passed a bill that would allow therapists who believe homosexuality is the mark of Satan to refuse to treat gay clients. More precisely, the bill allows mental-health counselors to deny treatment to anyone who seeks…
Read MoreMemphis Boasts Twice the Murder Rate of Chicago
By at least one measure, the homicide rate in Memphis this year is nearly twice that of Chicago, a town that is generating unwanted notoriety for its soaring number of killings. Through the end of March in Memphis, 60 people…
Read MoreLocal Trafficking in Aborted Baby Parts Comes Under Scrutiny
Tennessee is cracking down on the widely unregulated abortion industry with a series of new measures that would ban the sale of aborted babies’ body parts and establish an assessment process for abortion clinics. Introduced by Gov. Bill Haslam in…
Read MoreLocal Man Retires After 50 Years Without Missing a Single Day
Could you imagine never taking a sick day from work? One Nashville man has gone 50 years without using one. At 77-years-old Rhea Holt is finally retiring from Autow NationaLease Truck Rental. “I’ve been here for 50 years,” he said….
Read MoreNew Fraud and Waste Uncovered at TN DHS
Criticism of the Tennessee Department of Human Services has grown. Wednesday, the department found itself in the cross hairs after another scathing state audit found big problems with a food program in Montgomery County. Now, some are asking whether TDHS…
Read MoreVanderbilt Couple Confirmed Killed in Brussels Attack
Justin and Stephanie Shults always had their eyes on the horizon. The American couple that went to Vanderbilt University together went on to travel the world after they married in 2011. When Stephanie’s job at Mars, Incorporated took the couple…
Read MoreFetal Assault Extension Fails on Abortions By Addicts Concerns
A law that criminalizes women who give birth to drug dependent babies will sunset July 1. An amendment to extend the law failed to pass in a Criminal Justice Subcommittee, receiving three votes in favor and three votes against the…
Read MoreRenewed Push to Elect State’s Attorney General
For some, the populist anger that has fueled the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race has tempered, maybe even terrified, their desire to let voters express their will. The Tennessee legislature, especially the House…
Read MoreDreaded Cicadas Return This Year
It has been more than a decade since Middle Tennessee has dealt with swarms of cicadas. The last time the 13-year periodical cicada emerged from the ground was in May of 1998. Come May of this year, most of Middle…
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