Tennessee built a billion-dollar voucher program designed not to know if it works.
When Tennessee’s legislature debated school vouchers in early 2025, supporters promised the program would help students escape failing public schools while preserving the independence of private education. They looked voters in the eye and said this was about educational opportunity for struggling students. The reality emerging from the state’s Education Freedom Act tells a different […]
Breakdown on HB1/SB1 – Governor Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025
On Nov 6th, Tennessee’s Education Freedom Act of 2025—HB1 by Rep. William Lamberth and SB1 by Sen. Jack Johnson—was filed in the General Assembly, with Governor Bill Lee calling it a game-changer for school choice in our state. But what’s really in this bill? Join me as I break down the details and uncover some […]
Tennessee poised to pass regulations for digital currencies.
We saw the warning signs last year with the passage of the Money Transmission Modernization Act which redefined “money” in our law to include currency adopted by foreign governments and even currency agreed upon by two or more international governments. You can thank Senator Jack Johnson for that one. Now we are contending with SB479 […]