Tennessee Senate
Sen. Dickerson Ignores Effort to Expand On-Site Voting for Senior Citizens, Disabled
A measure to expand on-site voting access to elderly and disabled Tennesseans living in certain institutional homes failed Feb. 26 in a Senate committee. Senate Bill 0192, sponsored by Sen. Katrina Robinson, D-Memphis, District 33, would have expanded a popular voting program that facilitates on-site voting at licensed nursing homes to include “institutions designated for…
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Republican leaders appointed white men to head 24 of the 27 committees in the Tennessee General Assembly this legislative session. Committees play a powerful role in deciding which bills will be considered by the House and Senate and ultimately become law. In Tennessee, women outnumber men 51 percent to 49 percent, but that reality not…
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