Posts Tagged ‘Ken Yager’
Friends of dog fighting? 20 lawmakers vote against harsher penalty for animal fighting
Proposal still passes General Assembly, moves to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk Despite 20 votes in opposition, a proposal to increase the penalty for training animals to fight in illegal gambling rings passed both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly. House Bill 233 passed the lower chamber on March 7 and Senate Bill 222 passed the…
Read MoreSen. 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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