Toby Sells

2 weeks ago | memphisflyer.com | Toby Sells

West Virginia sculptor Jamie Lester will create the sculpture of West Tennessee frontiersman and statesman David Crockett for an iconic spot on the Tennessee State Capitol. State lawmakers agreed to erect a statue of David Crockett on the capitol grounds in 2021. Efforts to do so go back to at least the creation of the David Crockett Commission in 2012.

3 weeks ago | memphisflyer.com | Toby Sells

A Memphis law firm left the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) Tuesday after the firm said the group had “voted to remain silent” on President Donald Trump’s actions to erode the rule of law and an independent judiciary. Donati Law ended more than 40 years of membership with TBA Tuesday in a letter made public on Facebook Wednesday. The Midtown law firm focuses on employment law, personal injury, and criminal defense, according to its website.

4 weeks ago | memphisflyer.com | Toby Sells

Smokeable cannabis products, especially the THC they create when lit, took another — possibly lethal —  blow Thursday as the Tennessee Senate followed the House in passing a law that bans products containing THCA. House members passed an amendment last Thursday removing THCA from legal cannabis products in the state. THCA was already banned in the Senate version of the bill traveling through the committee process.

1 month ago | memphisflyer.com | Toby Sells

Backlash to the Tennessee Senate’s passage of a bill to allow school districts to ban undocumented students from schools began as the vote was recorded Thursday — and was from sources as varied as clergy, small business, and, of course, state Democrats. One group called it “madness.”Bills for the move were filed in early February by Tennessee House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland) and state Sen. Bo Watson (R-Hixson). The bill would challenge the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court Plyler v.

1 month ago | memphisflyer.com | Toby Sells

Smokeable cannabis flower, especially the THC it creates when lit, took a critical step toward a ban in Tennessee after a long debate in Nashville Thursday that showed a rare divide among Republican lawmakers. Tennessee House members passed an amendment Thursday that would remove THCA from legal cannabis products in the state. THCA is also banned in a Senate version of the bill now traveling through the committee process.