Senator Joey Hensley, MD; Tennessee 28th District Capitol Hill Week in Review

Senate approves proposed civics institute at UT-Knoxville

The Senate continued to wind down its business as many important bills received final approval this week. The Senate passed Governor Bill Lee’s proposal to establish the Institute of American Civics at Tennessee’s largest public university. Senate Bill 2410 locates the institute within the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Governor Lee announced the proposal during his State of the State address in January and has included $6 million for the project in his proposed budg...