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Kansas remapping flap is constitutional crisis, elections chief says
By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter TOPEKA — Kansas is in the midst of a constitutional crisis, Secretary of State Kris Kobach , the state’s chief election officer, said Wednesday. Candidates must decide by June 11 whether to run, or not to run. But they don’t yet know who their opponents might be, or which doors to knock on.
TOPEKA — The Kansas House on Friday approved a controversial resolution to condemn Agenda 21, a 20-year-old United Nations statement with implications for state, county and local planning.
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TOPEKA —It sounds like the theme of a sci-fi terror flick, or an action film involving computers and a secret government plot to enslave the world. And, sure, said state Rep. Greg Smith , R-Overland Park, some people hear him discuss Agenda 21 , and the theme music from “Twilight Zone” starts playing in their head.
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Tennessee lawmakers this year narrowed the scope of a law that criminalizes bullying over the Internet, responding to national criticism that the law potentially violates free speech rights.
Continue reading …Press release from the Tennessee Department of Revenue; May 3, 2012: NASHVILLE – The Department of Revenue reminds professional privilege tax filers that the deadline for filing and paying Tennessee’s professional privilege tax is June 1. Taxpayers are encouraged to take advantage of the department’s convenient online tax filing and payment options available at www.TN.gov/revenue . Utilizing online filing allows taxpayers to submit their return, make a payment and receive confirmation in just minutes.
Continue reading …‘Gateway Sexual Activity’ Bill a Tease — Won’t Change Much, TN Edu. Official Says
May 7, 2012 1 Comment
The thrust of sex education classes taught in Tennessee schools will stay the same under a controversial bill awaiting the governor’s signature, according to the Department of Education. The so-called “gateway sexual activity” bill seeks to punish teachers and third-party groups that promote “sexual contact encouraging an individual to engage in a non-abstinent behavior” and rewrite state code to emphasizes abstinence education — both issues that caught the national spotlight this year. “It really will not do much to change the current curriculum, the ways schools operate currently,” said Kelli Gauthier, a Department of Education spokeswoman.
Continue reading …Commentary by Kent Flanagan, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, May 3, 2012 : Secrecy seemed to be a common thread running through the session of the Tennessee Legislature that ended May 1.
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The Tennessee General Assembly has adjourned for the year after the shortest session in recent memory, sending lawmakers home to begin raising money and wooing voters in their newly drawn districts ahead of the primary elections in August. Republican speakers from both the House and the Senate, Beth Harwell and Lt. Gov
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Tennessee lawmakers not only approved a budget filled with “pork barrel projects” they once said were too local, but they also agreed to spend $500,000 of taxpayer dollars on a museum in Virginia. The GOP-run Tennessee Legislature put a stamp of approval a $31.5 billion budget Monday after days of wrangling over about $25 million in localized spending. All but a half dozen of those projects made it into the budget that now heads to the governor.
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