Perhaps giddy from talking about books, Gov. Bill Haslam’s entourage clipped a security barrier on their way back to his office following an event Tuesday at Parnassus in Green Hills. A Haslam spokesman confirmed that the trail car behind the governor was hit in the rear by the bollards that rise and lower to mark [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union says it has 33,000 signatures to a petition against Senate Bill 1248, the so-called “ag gag” bill that would require people who video or photograph animal abuse to give their footage to law enforcement within 48 hours. The signatories include 350 Tennesseans, about 1 percent of the total — a [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union says it has 33,000 signatures to a petition against Senate Bill 1248, the so-called “ag gag” bill that would require people who video or photograph animal abuse to give their footage to law enforcement within 48 hours. The signatories include 350 Tennesseans, about 1 percent of the total — a [...]
Tennessee, rejoice: A mere 16 days after the so-called “ag gag” bill passed the state legislature, the measure has made the one-floor journey down to Gov. Bill Haslam’s office. Senate Bill 1248 was transmitted to the governor Friday, the General Assembly says, officially starting his 10-day clock to decide whether to sign the measure, veto [...]
Clergy for Justice Tennessee issued a letter Thursday afternoon asking Gov. Bill Haslam to veto “ag gag” legislation that would require people who video or photograph animal cruelty to turn their footage over to police within 48 hours. Quoting Genesis (the book of the Bible, not the band), the religious organization says people are called [...]
Ellen DeGeneres has gotten involved in the effort to pressure Gov. Bill Haslam to veto the “ag gag” bill. In an interview posted on her website today, Degeneres gives Wayne Pacelle, the Humane Society of the United States’ president, an opportunity to call on her viewers to contact Haslam’s office and ask him to veto [...]
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Roy Herron used today’s deadline to file federal income tax returns as an opportunity to decry again Gov. Bill Haslam’s decision not to expand TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program. “This is simply the sickest Tax Day in Tennessee history,” Herron told reporters at a press conference in Legislative Plaza. “Tennesseans today [...]