AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoGovernor’s Transition: Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn named Deputy Gov. Stuart McWhorter to lead her transition committee and is planning a “Tennessee-style DOGE” review. Statehouse Leadership: Senate Republicans chose Sen. Jack Johnson as their nominee for lieutenant governor and next Senate speaker as party leaders reckon with Democrats’ midterm gains. College Sports: Tennessee men’s basketball players unveiled a collective-bargaining proposal with a salary cap, spending floor and penalties for schools, as Congress faces a Dec. 17 deadline on competing legislation. Rights and Courts: A court extended an order requiring Tennessee to issue driver’s licenses to Dreamers and other immigrants. The state is also seeking to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from inspecting the execution drug used in a botched execution. Local Government: The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the state law cutting Nashville’s Metro Council in half, while Memphis council advanced a data-center benefits plan. State Funding: Tennessee received $210 million in the second year of a federal rural-health grant.
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