Here is the entire 2016 Legislative Luncheon from the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. WBIR's John Becker moderated.

Legislative Lunch 2016

Some items of note:

State Senator Randy McNally's muddled and distracting invocation of TennCare to obfuscate the failure to pass Insure Tennessee.

State Senator Rick Briggs candidly admitting fewer controversial things (including Insure Tennessee) will get done this session because of the election year.

State Representative Martin Daniel's backward-looking comments on UT and diversity, and some of the dismissive comments of others regarding what the UT Office of Diversity does.

Some bizarre comments, notably from Rep. Jimmy Matlock, suggesting the desirability of open carry of guns by adults within schools.