Key issues approved 1.)  BUDGET — Food Tax Relief and Hall Tax Relief / Ban Income Tax 2.)  JOBS —  Workers’ Comp / LEAP / Cont. Unemployment Comp Reform / Trusts 3.)  COURTS / AG — Founding Fathers’ Court Reform / AG 4.)  CRIME — Gang Crimes / Human Trafficking Package / Prescription Drug Laws [...]

Tennessee officials say they would like to see state law become more like it was 130 years ago, when the entire Tennessee Code could fit in a single book. Republican legislators have announced plans for a position they call the “Office of the Repealer” to do just that. Senator Jack Johnson of Franklin says there [...]