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Jackson Baker pulls the curtain back and reveals that the big chill between Rosalind Kurita and the Senate Democrats over her vote for Senate Speaker last term is not over:

From Tom Humphrey:

Two Washington, D.C., attorneys criticized another provision of the bill that would change the language in Tennessee law for taxation of downloaded books, movies and music.

Kay Brooks reports on Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Haynes’ Republican opponent:

I asked for a receipt Super Tuesday. I told the election worker that if I could get one from McDonalds, why couldn’t I have one for my vote?

I didn’t get one.

Well, today is the day to talk about this in Nashville.

HB 1256/SB 1363, Tennessee’s Voter Confidence Act, goes to a full floor vote in the House on Tuesday, May 13. In the Senate it has one more committee (Finance Ways & Means) hoop to jump through today, Monday, May 12. Senate F, W & M members are:

Jim Grinstead does the math on Senator Joe Haynes’ helpful reminder that we have a sales tax holiday coming this weekend:

Senator Joe Haynes invited Ben Cunningham via the post office to take a sales tax holiday and Ben is wondering why he wasn’t similarly alerted when his taxes were raised:

The Tennessee State Senate Commerce Committee rightly dismissed a bill by a 9-2 vote that would have mandated pay for time taken off by employees working for businesses that employed twenty-five or more workers.