Bill Haslam

Passing new laws is all about control and Bill is a control F-R-E-A-K As of July 1st, my home state has adopted Tennessee Code Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 which bans the transmission of “Potentially Offensive Images” via the internet.   Governor Bill Haslam signed this bill into effect last month, making us the first state in the country to put forth such a measure which CLEARLY snubs The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech.   Violators of this newly formed law are subject to misdemeanor...Read Full Story

Gov. Bill Haslam (R-Tenn.) is facing a new round of pressure this week to veto controversial legislation that critics argue would open the floodgates to anti-science teaching in the state's public schools.SB 893 -- known as the "Monkey Bill" by opponents who claim it's an anti-evolution bill that pays homage to the Scopes Trial-era -- is designed to protect teachers who allow students to question and criticize "controversial" scientific debates on topics such as evolution, climate change and...Read Full Story

A Tennessee bill meant to protect teachers who allow students to question and criticize "controversial" subjects such as evolution and climate change became law on Tuesday after Gov. Bill Haslam (R) declined to act.The state legislature had sent the bill to Haslam earlier this month. He had until Tuesday to veto it, sign it or allow it to pass without his signature.Critics of the legislation have dubbed it the "Monkey Bill" and charge that it is anti-science, backdoor approval of the teaching...Read Full Story

Bill Giannini, the oft-beleaguered chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission, has been named by Governor Bill Haslam to become assistant state Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance, responsible for the oversight of Tennessee’s 25 regulatory boards and commissions. Giannini, a former Shelby County Republican chairman and a member of Haslam’s 2010 campaign team, will be succeeded as head of the five-member Election Commission by longtime Republican member Robert Myers, who will...Read Full Story

Governor Bill Haslam signed the “Special Access to Discriminate” bill into law yesterday, preventing city and county governments from passing ordinances requiring contractors to treat LGBT employees equally. The law will overturn a recently-passed Nashville ordinance that required local government contractors to enact non-discrimination ordinances, and it will prevent the Shelby County Commission or the Memphis City Council from ever passing similar ordinances.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to...Read Full Story