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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. Please support the work of Tennessee Citizen Action! Your support today is an important investment in the progressive advocacy, education, research, organizing, and consumer protection work that we do to lift up the engine of our economy – hardworking Tennesseans and the families. Your contribution of $5 or $10 today will help ensure we continue to stand up and fight on the issues you care about. Using our online donation form. To promo...
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Protect Early Voting in Nashville : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. Protect Early Voting in Nashville. Protect Early Voting in Nashville. June 8, 2015. Filed under Fair Elections. News and Press Releases. In a statement released today, we called on the Metro Council and the Davidson County Election Commission to come together to protect access to early voting in Nashville. The Election Commission meets again this Thursday and there’s still time to reverse this decision. Here’s what we said:. We understa...
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Healthcare : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. July 12, 2016. The Tennessean reports on the struggles faced by rural hospitals in the state, especially in light of a lack of Medicaid expansion because of inaction on Insure Tennessee: Tennova Healthcare, owned by Community Health Services, announced in March that the hospital would shutter its doors in May. The company cited several issues, including structural problems with the building, […]. Healthcare Access in Tennessee. Speaker ...
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ALEC’s Money Laundering Machine Hits Tennessee : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. ALEC’s Money Laundering Machine Hits Tennessee. ALEC’s Money Laundering Machine Hits Tennessee. May 23, 2015. Filed under Civil Justice. News and Press Releases. A recent news report out of Georgia turned up some disturbing happenings at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Spring Task Force Meeting in Savannah. The news report even gets a great rundown of how it all works. But, as Tennessee comes up on the 10th Anniversar...
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Good Government : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. May 16, 2016. Filed under Ethics in Governmet. Joel Ebert at the Tennessean has a story out about the Tennessee General Assembly’s Ethics Committees and their tendency to not meet at all. So, while bad behavior persists among legislators, the groups tasked with reining it in simply don’t. As Ebert notes: The Tennessee House ethics committee hasn’t met in at least six years. […]. Ethics at the Tennessee General Assembly. April 25, 2016.
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Miscarriage of Justice Act Deemed Unconstitutional : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. Miscarriage of Justice Act Deemed Unconstitutional. Miscarriage of Justice Act Deemed Unconstitutional. March 13, 2015. Filed under Civil Justice. News and Press Releases. Back in 2011, we told you all about. Governor Bill Haslam’s “Miscarriage of Justice Act” — legislation that placed caps on damages in most personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Who decides what your life and health are worth? And, we were right! In other word...
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Keeping SuperPACs Honest : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. August 14, 2015. Filed under Ethics in Governmet. News and Press Releases. TENNESSEE CITIZEN ACTION CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION. INTO FOX CAMPAIGN AND CITIZEN SUPER PAC. PUBLIC INTEREST GROUP SAYS FOX, BROTHER BRINGING. 8216;THE WASHINGTON WAY’ TO NASHVILLE MAYOR’S RACE. Through the petition and in letters to the Fox campaign and the Austin, Texas-based Citizen Super PAC, Tennessee Citizen Action has asked the following individuals to give ...
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Loss of Senator Estes Kefauver 50 Years Ago Still Felt Today : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. Loss of Senator Estes Kefauver 50 Years Ago Still Felt Today. Loss of Senator Estes Kefauver 50 Years Ago Still Felt Today. August 20, 2013. Filed under Civil Justice. The column by D. Bruce Shine pasted below ran today in the Kingsport Times-News. Today The late Senator Estes Kefauver believed in “Courage, Justice and Loving Kindness,” a message that will be on display at Thursday’s Tennessee For All Town Hall. At the time, I was worki...
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Civil Justice : Tennessee Citizen Action
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HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS. News and Press Releases. You are here: Home. ALEC’s Money Laundering Machine Hits Tennessee. May 23, 2015. Filed under Civil Justice. News and Press Releases. Miscarriage of Justice Act Deemed Unconstitutional. March 13, 2015. Filed under Civil Justice. News and Press Releases. Bill Haslam vs. the Constitution. Miscarriage of Justice Act. People Win and Haslam Loses. Tennessee Civil Justice Act. Loss of Senator Estes Kefauver 50 Years Ago Still Felt Today. August 20, 2013. The col...