This is an odd mix: tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/16/con…

My latest piece for Tennessee Lookout

“…Lee joined GOP legislators in raising a symbolic middle finger to educators across the state and parents of school kids — not just Covenant parents — who have begged lawmakers not to pursue this course of action.”

tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/13/the…

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has long claimed the authority to secretly surveil & patrol private property without a warrant

An appeals court ruled that unconstitutional in a landmark decision establishing protections for rural property owners

tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/13/app…

Two years after doing an end-around on the Legislature, the Tennessee Department of Correction appears ready to resurrect Community Corrections programs with $11 million in funding and a new contract, reports Sam Stockard.
tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/09/com…

'Hey Mikey! He likes it!' tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/10/sto…

The rare Berry Cave Salamander lives largely in a handful of isolated East Tennessee caves. Anita Wadhwani reports a conservation group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over refusal to grant protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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Senators in process of reviving intensive probation program: tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/09/com…

Can't be over-stated how fortunate we are to have these talented journalists forging ahead in an almost impossible landscape of corporate-fueled pablum peddlers and disinformation disseminators. I'm going to send another donation in to Tennessee Lookout right now- PLEASE support them!

It was a good year to be big: tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/08/big…

Big farms get property tax break from Tennessee lawmakers - critics call the measure ‘a tax break for millionaires’
tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/08/big… via Tennessee Lookout Sam Stockard

Water wars: groups challenge ‘unsustainable’ withdrawals from Duck River tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/06/wat… via Tennessee Lookout

And we were told they don't cut deals in the Legislature: tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/07/ten…

Foolishness and faux pas: The 2024 Niceley Awards tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/02/foo… via Tennessee Lookout

While Tennessee leaders tout their successes in luring industry/jobs, local communities are often left to bear the brunt.

Along the Duck River, 8 utilities now want to increase water withdrawals by 30%.

Local residents say that's unsustainable

tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/06/wat…

These GOP'ers are in cross-hairs of various factions within GOP bc Gov. Bill Lee selfishly and knowingly put them there. His 'privatize at all costs' agenda resulted in outright humiliation this session and should cost him any legislative allies he had left. tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/02/ten…

After a failed attempt to expand private school vouchers statewide, Tenn.'s Republican primary in August could be pivotal for a future plan.

Ed reform groups dropped $243k to defeat two anti-voucher House GOP members two years ago, overall spending $1.3M

tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/02/ten…

Delay wound up helping East Bank bill thrive: tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/30/end…

Teens as young as 14 years old who commit serious crimes in Tennessee will face up to five years of adult incarceration or probation once their juvenile sentence ends under a bill now awaiting Gov. Bill Lee’s likely signature. From Anita Wadhwani.

tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/29/tou…

A tough-on-juvenile-crime bill was hastily rewritten in the last days of the Legislature

Now headed to the gov's desk, it has raised bipartisan concern about unintended consequences, including kids as young as 14 being locked up for a year before trial

tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/29/tou…

Gov Lee takes care of his own: tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/26/sto…