House advances legislation requiring students to watch a video created by an abortion rights opposition group
The House Education Instruction Committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would require Tennessee students to watch a fetal development video created by a group that opposes abortion rights.The committee voted on party lines in favor of Representative Gino Bulso’s, R-Brentwood, family life curriculum bill requiring schoolchildren to watch “Meet Baby Olivia.” Abortion rights opposition group Live Action created the three-minute ultrasound computer animation focusing on the development of a fetus for family life curriculums.
Classroom pride flag ban passes State House
A much talked about bill that would ban the display of pride flags in Tennessee public schools passed the full House on Monday following another heated debate.The 70-24 vote went mostly along party lines with every present Democrat opposing the bill and all but two Republicans voting to support it.Representative Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, proposed the bill to ensure only certain types of flags are displayed in schools. Bulso said he brought the legislation to the Tennessee General Assembly after parents and a school board member in his district came to him about the issue.
Freddie O’Connell and Alice Rolli advance to a runoff in the Nashville mayor’s race
Metro Council member Freddie O’Connell and former Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Assistant Commissioner Alice Rolli beat out a crowded field of candidates to advance to the runoff in the Nashville mayor’s race Thursday evening.