• Illegal Immigrant Charged After Attacking Woman In Nashville Coffee Shop • Knoxville Couple Sentenced For Making Fake IDs For Illegal Aliens • Ballad Health Gets an “A”? & 4 More Big Tennessee Stories on The Tennessee Conservative’s Big 7 Weekend Digest! Like what we’re doing & want us to stick around? Donate Today! >> https://tennesseeconservativenews.com/support/ Please give the video preview just a moment to load: Illegal Immigrant Charged After Attacking Woman In Nashville Coffee Shop… Knoxville Couple Sentenced For Making Fake IDs For Illegal Aliens… Ballad Health Gets a ..read more

Image Credit: canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Several Democrat incumbents in the Tennessee General Assembly are facing GOP challengers in their race for reelection this year and we’ve put together a list of them for our readers. (Note: Some campaign information is limited at the time of this article’s publication. This list is not exhaustive and should not be taken as an endorsement or indicator that any particular GOP candidate is inherently conservative.) The Tennessee Conservative encourages our audience to thoroughly research their respective district’s candidates f ..read more

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New measure increases focus on sex, violence in school materials. A member of the Williamson County School Board is pushing back on an updated law regulating school library books. Image: Franklin High School & Rick Wimberly Image Credit: John Partipilo & Rick Wimberly Williamson Co School Board, District 9 / Facebook By Sam Stockard [The Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – A Williamson County School Board member is questioning the state’s updated law on “age appropriate” school books, calling it an unfunded mandate and likely unconstitutional. Board member Rick Wimberly, who is ..read more

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov & canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A new Tennessee law will require some domestic violence offenders to wear a global positioning tracker as a condition of making bail. The bill was signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and will go into effect on July 1. Senate Bill 1972 was named for Debbie Sisco and Marie Varsos, who were killed by Shaun Varsos in a 2021 murder-suicide after Varsos was mistakenly released early from jail on domestic violence charges without notifying the victims. The law requires the tracker to be monitored by a center staffed 24 ..read more

The state economy is growing slightly faster than U.S. as a whole, but not enough to explain the polling split. Image Credit: Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout By Adam Friedman [The Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Around 65% of Tennessee voters say the state economy is good, while only 29% believe the same about the U.S. economy, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released last week. The differing views between the state and nation’s economy make for the largest gap since the survey first asked the question in 2012, but they follow a trend based on the political party in power. Jo ..read more

Image Credit: canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Governor Lee has signed a bill into law that makes it a criminal offense to assist minors in obtaining an abortion by transporting them across state lines. The legislation HB1895/SB1971, sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville-District 14) and Senator Paul Rose (R-Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton Counties-District 32) has been called a “parental protection plan” by the bill sponsors who state that the bill makes parental permission a requirement for a minor to be transported for the purpose of having an abortion. The Senate p ..read more

Image Credit: Speaker Cameron Sexton / X & @GovBillLee / X The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Governor Lee signed a new law on Tuesday that would authorize the creation of year-round boarding schools for “at-risk” students in Tennessee. House Bill 2922 (HB2922) / Senate Bill 2820 (SB2820) began as a caption bill that addressed reporting of student allergies. However, an amendment changed the legislation entirely and will now allow for the creation of year-round “opportunity public charter schools” for “at-risk” youth across the state. Adopted amendments to this caption bill: • HA0862 • HA ..read more

Image Credit: larsenjay.com The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Back in January of this year, Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay announced his decision to run for Mayor of Knox County. Current Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs won’t be running in 2026 due to term limits. Based on this decision, The Tennessee Conservative is taking a closer look at Jay’s record with regard to votes during his term as commissioner, and the donations he has made to support the candidates he aligns with.  Below is a list of the contributions and votes. Critics say they do not demonstrate the cho ..read more

Image Credit: canva By David Seal [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – Back in 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly created legislation to provide opportunities for homeschool students to participate in public school sports. The intent was to provide all homeschool students with access to organized public-school sports that would not otherwise be available. However, some public-school systems and their attorneys found a legal loophole to exclude some homeschoolers from sports programs, especially middle schoolers. When the legislature drafted the 2013 homeschool sports legislation, it wa ..read more