Governor Bill Lee’s controversial “school voucher” program suffered another blow Tuesday when the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that the Education Savings Account Act is unconstitutional.
The ESA program, also known as “school vouchers," would give more than $7,000 in state money to qualifying parents in Shelby and Davidson counties to help send students to private schools.
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Both counties sued over the program, saying it violated “Home Rule” protections because it only applies to the two counties.
A Trump-appointed Nashville federal judge on Tuesday prevented a new law requiring abortion providers to offer medically questionable information to women seeking abortions from going into effect.
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“violates the First Amendment by requiring abortion providers to convey a mandated message that is misleading.”
We have a Trumpian government in Tennessee. Would someone please stop the clownish TN legislature from wasting time and money.
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