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Judgment Call: How Many Judges Judging Judges is Just?
There’s a stalemate in the Statehouse right now over how best to police the Tennessee judiciary for unscrupulous members. Consensus tends to exist across party lines that stepped-up prosecution and punishment is needed for judges guilty of ethical misfires, misconduct or otherwise failing to dutifully discharge the canons of professional responsibility. But the jury’s hung in the General Assembly’s judiciary committees over how best to get there
Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said
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The governor may be pushing the Legislature to swiftly approve his $327 million package of tax cuts, but it appears lawmakers won’t make decisions until after the state’s economic forecast becomes more clear on Feb. 24. Gov
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Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler said today he supports legislation that would allow cities to increase their sales tax rates by up to a half-cent, promising to decrease Lincoln’s property tax rate by at least 3 cents in exchange. He said Omaha Sen.
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Standing before a roomful of Tennessee newspaper publishers and editors Thursday, Gov. Bill Haslam declared he still believes school officials need more legal latitude to adjust student-to-teacher ratios to suit their particular circumstances. But he acknowledged he’s facing an uphill fight to convince key political constituencies that in some cases a larger classroom size is not necessarily a surefire recipe for lowering student learning potential.
Continue reading …TNDP Launches Online Petition Against Governor’s Class-Size Expansion Effort
February 9, 2012 No CommentPress Release from the Democratic Party of Tennessee, Feb. 8, 2012 : View the Petition: http://tndp.org/blog/take-action/tell-governor-haslam-class-size-matters/ NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Democratic Party launched Wednesday an online petition drive opposing Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal to eliminate average class size requirements at public schools. Chairman Chip Forrester released this statement to accompany the petition: “Parents and teachers know first hand what difference small class sizes make in improving student learning.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon is back peddling this week, amending his proposed budget to add an additional $40 million higher education. Missouri’s public colleges and universities still face cuts in 2013, but they will be less than the $106 million the governor proposed cleaving from their operating budgets during his state of [...]
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