(NASHVILLE) — During the 2018 legislative session, members of the House Republican Caucus fought to protect Tennessee’s early childhood educators and hold them harmless in the wake of unexpected issues related to this year’s evaluation portfolios. In March, Republican lawmakers unanimously supported passage of House Bill 1686 — sponsored by State Representative Eddie Smith (R-Knoxville). This…

Press Release From The Office Of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam State unemployment rate has remained at 3.5 percent or lower for 12 months and new job creation continues across Tennessee NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today released the statewide unemployment rate for June…

(NASHVILLE) — Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed an initiative sponsored by State Representative Curtis Johnson (R-Clarksville) that reduces the backlog of court cases currently on the books in Tennessee. House Bill 10 — which passed in both the House and Senate — adds a trial judge to the Sixteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-First Judicial Districts in…

(NASHVILLE) — Recently, the Tennessee General Assembly unanimously approved an initiative sponsored by State Representative Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) that promotes business expansion in Memphis and Shelby County. House Bill 2064 encourages residential and business developers to expand operations outside of the central business district through deregulation and tax incentives. Current law restricts economic developers — including the…

(NASHVILLE) — Recently, members of the Tennessee General Assembly approved a measure sponsored by State Representative Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown) supporting Tennessee’s rural hospitals. House Bill 2326 — also known as the Tennessee Rural Hospital Transformation Act of 2018 — creates a program within the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development (TNECD) to provide support to…

Initiative designed to help Northeast Tennessee secure future sporting events. (NASHVILLE) — A measure sponsored by State Representative John Crawford (R-Kingsport) that supports tourism in Tennessee and is designed to help Northeast Tennessee secure future sporting events has been approved by the Tennessee General Assembly. House Bill 2384 — also known as the Event Tourism Act…