Category Archives: Op-Ed

Senate committees focus on state budget

As the 2017 session of the Tennessee General Assembly gets closer to adjournment, Senate committee [...]

Senate HELP Committee works on health, online taxes, nominations

We had a busy week in Washington last week (April 23-29), especially in the Senate [...]

‘Living on Purpose’: With God, it’s all about our attitude

We know how important it is to have a good attitude and the correct motives, [...]

Parents can guide, but children make their own choices

How many parents have waited for the day when their child’s eyes would suddenly be [...]

Dr. Scott Gottlieb is right candidate to lead FDA

The Senate health committee, which I chair, held the confirmation hearing the first week in [...]

Background on school vouchers

Sen. Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), sponsor of the latest Senate school voucher bill (SB0161), declined to [...]

Senate acts on major bills of 2017 session

NASHVILLE — The Senate continued to make progress last week in winding down the 2017 legislative [...]

Bartlett, Arlington, Lakeland school districts oppose voucher bill

Editor’s note: This opinion piece was provided on April 13 upon our request to the [...]

Legislative committee approves bridge repairs

Legislation prioritizing the repair of structurally-deficient bridges in Tennessee was unanimously approved by the Senate [...]

Heroin: ‘We are going to be the best of friends’

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns on the perils of [...]

Americans for Prosperity condemns committee passage of gas tax hike

NASHVILLE — Americans for Prosperity Tennessee (AFP-TN), an advocate for taxpayers, has been connecting grassroots [...]

‘Living on Purpose’: The passion of Christ is our eternal hope

Editor’s note: “Living on Purpose” is a Kentucky-based religious column provided free to the Bartlett [...]