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Tweet Gov. Bill Lee in JanuaryPhoto: Office of Gov. Bill Lee In a better world than ours, it would be deeply embarrassing that the two most insightful books about white Americans were written by one man 140 years ago The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi. Have we really not improved or become more complicated since then? No, dear white readers. No, we have not. The central, damning, conceit of Huck Finn is that the only good man in the novel is not recognized by white society as being a man at all. Schools still force Black kids to read ....
Tweet Photo: Eric England 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. 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. 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 ....
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Rep. David Byrd enjoyed the company of colleagues on the House floor Nov. 24. Out of session, the House Republican Caucus returned to Nashville just before Thanksgiving to reelect leadership, a gathering that came just a few days after its multi-night retreat at Pickwick Landing State Park in Byrd s district. On the first night of the retreat, Byrd hosted a dinner with dozens of caucus members at a local restaurant, an event held despite public health guidance and eventually conservative Gov. Bill Lee urging people not to gather beyond small groups throughout the holidays. A week and half after the caucus meeting, Byrd, 63, was flown by helicopter from Waynesboro to Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville for complications from COVID-19. The November caucus meeting was the last time he has been at the state Capitol. ....
The Tennessee legislature has adjourned for the year. Here s what they did. Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee General Assembly has adjourned for the year, finishing out the legislative session Wednesday night with last-minute negotiations over a proposed change to the court system and an emotional debate on how public schools should confront racism. As the legislature worked to conclude four months of business, the late former Sen. Thelma Harper lay in state in the Capitol. Legislators and members of the public paid their respects to the former Nashville Democrat who served nearly three decades in the legislature as the first Black woman elected to the Senate. ....