App State track & field head coach Damion McLean and associate track & field coach/cross country head coach Michael Curcio have announced the addition o
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On two of the most hotly debated issues during the recently concluded session of the Tennessee General Assembly, two conservative Republican doctors stood on opposite sides.Â
When lawmakers debated whether institutions should be allowed to require the new COVID-19 vaccine, Rep. Bryan Terry of Murfreesboro was in favor of banning such requirements. Rep. Sabi Kumar of Springfield, meanwhile, cautioned his fellow Republicans.Â
âPublic welfare is what we are here to do,â Kumar said during a March committee debate. âWe are allowing our quest for liberty to interfere with public welfare. ⦠I donât think we should sacrifice anybody at the altar of our own personal liberty.â
May 5, 2021
Republicans say it s necessary to move statewide legal decisions out of Davidson County. Democrats contend it is sausage making and court packing at its worst.
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Either way, the House voted 68-23 to create a three-member statewide appellate court – to be appointed by the governor – to hear redistricting cases and constitutional challenges to state law. What we started with here was rotten meat to begin with, and now we ve amended it to make it worse, said Rep. John Ray Clemmons, a Nashville Democrat.
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The measure the House approved is markedly different than the Senate version, and unless the House concurs, the matter could go to a conference committee to hash out the difference. Lawmakers are trying to wrap up the final day of the 112th General Assembly s first year, but it was unclear whether they could do all of their work Wednesday or would have to come back Thursday before adjourning.