legislation

Greg Siskind discusses the comprehensive vs. incrementalist approach to immigration reform:

Five states are considering academic freedom bills, where questioning Darwinism in classrooms would be allowed:

The effort has made great strides in Florida, Louisiana and Missouri. Similar legislation has been introduced in Alabama and Michigan.

Greg Siskind suggests that those clamoring for border enforcement and security may be about something else:

Senator Bill Frist wants you to speak up on his signature issue on Mothers Day:

Senator Bill Frist wants you to speak up on his signature issue on Mothers Day:

Stacey Campfield chides the governor for abandoning a bill giving police administrative license revocation powers in the DUI arrests over dollars and cents. R. Neal accuses Campfield of a bit of simplistic thinking:

The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle reports that Raphael Porter’s mission to get sex crimes redefined in Tennessee took a set back — over money:

Rep. Mike Bell is trying to insure that we maintain a wall between church and state — especially when it comes to the state telling churches what kind of signage needs to be affixed to their buildings:

John Rodgers reports that passengers will still be able to do modified keg stands in the back of moving minivans in Tennessee for the foreseeable future.

Kay Brooks is a bit perturbed that the legislature sometimes dispenses with firm start times for committee meetings during the busy season: