by Laura Baigert | Jul 2, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
GALLATIN, Tennessee – The Gallatin City Councilman who proposed the de-annexation of an individual property owner for complaining about the city defended his proposal, even as he agreed to “put it to bed” at the council’s work session Tuesday. “I was just trying to do...
by Laura Baigert | Jun 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
While every office in Sumner County in which a partisan election has been held is currently controlled by Republicans, Democrats are making a run at several seats during the 2022 election cycle. On the August 4 combination ballot that includes the general election for...
by Laura Baigert | Jun 23, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Gallatin City Council made a proposal at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening to de-annex the property of a resident who pulled a petition as a candidate in the November election for the Gallatin City Council earlier that same day. De-annexing the...
by Laura Baigert | Jun 8, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee-based Nurse Freedom Network is hosting a Healthcare Homecoming Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 that will focus on restoring patients’ rights and truth in medicine and will feature the world-renowned Dr. Peter McCullough. The free event, held Sunday...
by Laura Baigert | Jun 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Evidence points to the Madison County Republican mayoral nominee pursuing and receiving votes from Democrats and Independents in the Republican Party primary held on May 3. A.J. Massey, in a three-way race, won the Republican primary for Madison County mayor with just...
by Laura Baigert | May 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
With the Georgia General Assembly’s passage of the Election Integrity Act of 2021, otherwise known as SB202, the application of absentee ballot drop boxes looks significantly different in the first statewide elections since the January 5, 2021 federal runoff and...
by Laura Baigert | May 9, 2022 | Battleground States, Featured, National, News
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recognized Pierce County, Washington, for its practices related to the chain of custody that helps track pick-up and chain of custody of vote-by-mail election ballots deposited in drop boxes. Pierce County was an EAC...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Councilman for District 19 Freddie O’Connell announced, according to The Tennessean on Thursday, that he plans to run as Nashville’s next mayor in 2023. O’Connell has been a councilmember since 2015, serving the downtown and Germantown area of...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 23, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
Three video clips from drop box locations in Detroit released this week reveal multiple issues that occurred with absentee ballots during the November 2020 election. The absentee ballot drop box video evidence was shared Thursday in a series of three tweets by former...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 22, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Members of the Tennessee General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday acknowledging that the growth in state government this year exceeds the growth of Tennessean’s income by $3 billion, or 16 percent. The action by the legislature is mandated by the...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 21, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, port, The Midwest
Donald Trump, Jr. was on the campaign trail in Ohio with gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci who looks on as the 45th President’s eldest son speaks to supporters at a private reception at the Republican Party of Medina County Lincoln Day Dinner held at the...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 16, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) Deputy Chief Chris Taylor, who is currently running for political office, is under two separate internal investigations by the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA), the MNPD Public Affairs confirmed Thursday to...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 16, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee tax revenues for the month of March exceeded budgeted estimates by $348.8 million, putting the fiscal year surplus at $2.5 billion, reported Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley in a statement Thursday. March tax revenues totaling...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 13, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) deputy chief who is running for political office in his home of Sumner County appears to be violating department policy by wearing his police uniform while off-duty. MNPD Deputy Chief Chris Taylor, who as a resident of Sumner...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan blocked a key integrity measure of unsealing election ballots right before the Georgia Senate adjourned sine die on Monday, according to a press release from VoterGA. The nonpartisan, nonprofit election integrity...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) introduced legislation last week that would prohibit all federal funds from being disbursed to schools that violate their state’s laws regarding materials deemed harmful to children. The No Obscene Teaching in Our Schools Act,...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 28, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Legislation sponsored by Republicans that is advancing through the Tennessee legislature would strip parents of their consent relative to their children receiving vaccines against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a parental rights group said in a recent call to...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – A meeting to hear opponents of a bill that preempts local governments from prohibiting energy infrastructure was held Monday morning by the House bill sponsor. Meanwhile, the Senate version of the bill advanced through the committee process....
by Laura Baigert | Mar 16, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
The reason that President Trump lost in the state of Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is now claiming 16 months after the November 2020 general election, is that 28,000 Georgians skipped the race. “The brutal truth is that 28,000 Georgians skipped the...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 12, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee tax revenues for February of $1.2 billion exceeded the budgeted estimate of $1.03 billion by $212 million or 20.6 percent, Commissioner of the Department Finance and Administration Butch Eley announced Friday. February 2022 revenues were also $111.7 million...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 10, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Legislation being considered by the Tennessee General Assembly would eliminate the current practice of state courts giving deference to state agencies in interpreting statutes or rules in a contested case. If passed, the law would require that state courts interpret...
