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TN AG Skrmetti Appeals the District Court Decision in Friends of George, Inc. v. Mulroy

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 1, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a notice of appeal of the injunction issued by the court in Friends of George, Inc. v. Mulroy

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Blackburn Applauds SCOTUS Decision Striking Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who led over 40 of her Senate Republican colleagues in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, released the following statement on the court’s decision.

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ICYMI | New York Post — Did Garland Lie About Hunter Probes — Or Was He ‘Just’ Asleep At The Wheel?

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

‘If the whistleblowers’ testimony is true, is Garland complicit in the cover-up and the slow-rolling by commission or by omission? As a former judge, Garland well knows that crimes of omission are still crimes.’

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TN Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Sues More Than 20 PFAS Manufacturers 

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

Suit accuses manufacturers of advertising and selling products in Tennessee that contain harmful chemicals

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Blackburn, Barrasso Lead Effort To Lower Prices at the Pump

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and seven other Republican Senators introduced legislation to lower energy prices for American families by repealing the $10.5 billion “Superfund Tax” on American energy production.

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Hagerty, Mccaul: U.S. Tech Found In CCP Spy Balloon ‘Heightens Our Concerns’

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) released the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American sovereignty and traversed the United States for eight days.

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TN AG Skrmetti Leads 20-State Coalition in Pushing Back against EPA Rules

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in commenting on proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations regarding Ethylene Oxide (EtO) and related emissions standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA)

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Gov. Lee Announces Fewest Distressed Counties in Tennessee History

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 28, 2023

On June 27, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that the number of distressed counties in the state has reduced to eight, the fewest in Tennessee history, marking a significant milestone in the Lee administration’s mission to accelerate the transformation of rural Tennessee

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Gov. Lee, Commissioner McWhorter Make First Economic Development Trip to Europe

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Attend Paris Air Show, Recruit New Investment from Leading Companies in France and Italy

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Steve Cortes on sinking math and reading scores: 'A generation totally unprepared for productive lives'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

The results of the nation’s report card, a federal test that measures the math and reading abilities of the country’s 13-year-olds, were released Wednesday, falling to their lowest levels in decades, according to a report by ABC News.

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ACRU’s West: Tennessee policy on affirmative action 'systematically racist'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

Tennessee's policy of allowing affirmative action in areas such as public education and public employment reflects a philosophy that's "systematically racist," the executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) said.

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Blackburn, Hagerty, Colleagues Urge Biden Officials to Sanction Mexican State and Local Officials Enabling Drug Cartels

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to use every diplomatic tool available to persuade the Mexican government to counter the national security threat posed by Mexican drug cartels.

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Hagerty Annual Economic Development Tour Of Tennessee Launches Next Week

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 26, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees and former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, will next week begin the first leg of his third-annual Economic Development tour across the state.

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Blackburn: 'The fight to protect women's sports isn't about plastic trophies'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) took to Twitter on June 21 to thank Riley Gaines for her testimony earlier that day regarding proposed changes to Title IX.

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Hagerty, Risch, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill To Require Congressional Vote On Any Iran Sanctions Relief

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Banking Committees, along with Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led their colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA), a bill to ensure that the President submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional review.

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Blackburn & Blumenthal Demand Meta Answer for Instagram’s Failures to Protect Children from Predators & Exploitation

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

Following reporting by The Wall Street Journal about Instagram hosting and connecting a vast network of pedophiles and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), authors of the Kids Online Safety Act, demanded Meta answer for its failures to protect children on its platforms and efforts to stop and report the heinous crimes.

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Icymi—Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria On Fox Business To Discuss New Effort To Stop Fentanyl Crisis, Banking Committee Hearing

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss his letter urging the Biden Administration to sanction Mexican government officials for enabling Mexican drug cartels to smuggle drugs into the U.S. through the southern border and today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell.

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Rep. Rose votes to strike down Biden administration’s ‘pistol-brace rule’

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

Republican Rep. John W. Rose voted for a resolution last week to repeal a new Biden administration rule that critics say is “unconstitutional” and “onerous” in the way it regulates the ownership of stabilizing pistol braces.

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TikTok Confirms To Blackburn And Blumenthal That Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

In response to a probe by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), TikTok confirmed they do store some U.S. user data in Communist China.

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Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Provides Statement Regarding VUMC Investigation

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 22, 2023

In the summer of 2022, the Attorney General’s Office learned that a VUMC doctor publicly described her manipulation of medical billing codes to evade coverage limitations on gender-related treatment