Bill Haslam
Cyntoia Brown: Christian university’s prison program ‘changed my life’
By Bobby Ross Jr. — January 11, 2019
(RNS) — Cyntoia Brown, who was recently granted clemency for a murder she committed as a teenager, says a program run by a Christian college in Nashville, Tenn., helped her turn her life around.
Christians can’t allow the Bible Belt to be the ‘death belt’
By Shane Claiborne — November 1, 2018
(RNS) — Would Tennessee's governor allow a man to be executed this week if he were to come to Friday prayers on death row?
Tennessee House fails to override governor’s Bible bill veto
By Joel Ebert — April 20, 2016
Most states require a two-thirds vote to override a gubernatorial veto. Tennessee is just one of six that require a simple majority.
Bill to make Bible official state book goes to Tenn. governor
By Joel Ebert — April 5, 2016
NASHVILLE — If Haslam signs the bill, the Bible would join a list of state symbols such as the raccoon as the state’s wild animal and the Eastern box turtle as the state reptile.
Tennessee Senate shelves bill that would name Bible as state book
By Reuters — April 16, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) The state Senate referred the proposal to its Judiciary Committee, which is not scheduled to meet again this session.
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