The Senate Finance Committee put off discussion of the wine-in-grocery stores bill for a week amid signs that the House will not renew its push to pass the measure this week. State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, asked on Tuesday morning to roll Senate Bill 837 to the committee’s next meeting. The request came a day [...]
The Senate will press ahead with the wine-in-grocery stores bill, despite Tuesday’s major setback in the Tennessee House of Representatives. A subcommittee appointed by the Senate Finance Committee will meet after Thursday’s morning floor session to discuss ways to loosen restrictions on liquor stores. The move signals that senators are not quite ready to give [...]
A bill that would rewrite the voter identification law that the Tennessee legislature passed just two years ago hit a roadblock when state Sen. Stacey Campfield raised questions about plans to begin accepting IDs from public universities. Senate Bill 125, filed by state Sen. Bill Ketron, would ban IDs from cities or counties at the [...]
A bill that would rewrite the voter identification law that the Tennessee legislature passed just two years ago hit a roadblock when state Sen. Stacey Campfield raised questions about plans to begin accepting IDs from public universities. Senate Bill 125, filed by state Sen. Bill Ketron, would ban IDs from cities or counties at the [...]
Legislation that would let voters decide whether to allow wine sales in grocery stores was delayed for one week in the Senate Finance Committee at the request of its sponsor. State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, offered no explanation for the delay, but the move was expected by the bill’s backers. The delay allows the House [...]
A proposal to reduce expense reimbursements for lawmakers who live within 50 miles of the state Capitol hit its first snag Tuesday when an amendment was presented to make other lawmakers account for where they spend the night. After several Middle Tennessee lawmakers promised in last fall’s Republican primary not to take the full $173-a-day [...]
After I reported Monday that Republican congressional candidate Bob Ries was claiming state Sen. Bill Ketron’s endorsement (though Ketron lives in a different congressional district), GOP rival Brad Staats’ campaign called to say, “Not so fast.” The campaign then provided … Continue reading →