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Working For You: Thank you, teachers.
Aug. 8, 2022 THANK YOU, EDUCATORS This morning our children and thousands of others across Nashville returned to their schools where they were welcomed by the most important people in…
Working for You: Primary Election Day
Aug. 4, 2022 Friends, Today is the big day. I would sincerely appreciate your vote for reelection. Please vote. If you have not yet voted, please take advantage of this…
July 12, 2022, NewsChannel5 by: Kelly Broderick NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Democrats have announced legislation to restore access to reproductive health care across the state. A federal court allowed Tennessee to…
Working for You: July 2022
July 6, 2022 I hope all of you had a wonderful and safe Fourth of July weekend. I enjoyed seeing many of you while attending neighborhood celebrations in both the…
State Rep. Clemmons’ Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Eliminating Women’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
June 24, 2022 Nashville, TN – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States published its opinion in the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. In response to the opinion, State Representative…
Working for You: June 2022
Happy Pride Month! I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer break with your kiddos. Special thanks to our teachers and administrators for another successful year of educating Tennessee’s future leaders. The second…
Representative seeks renewed gun laws, governor requests prayer in wake of Texas school massacre
May 26, 2022, Tennessee Lookout by: Sam Stockard While Gov. Bill Lee and other Republican leaders called for prayer for the victims of the Texas elementary school shooting, state Rep.…
‘Let’s take legislative action now.’ Rep. Clemmons asks Gov. Lee for special session to address gun violence
May 25, 2022, NewsChannel5 by: Caroline Sutton NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — In the aftermath of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, is calling on…
New Education Funding Formula Passes House, Senate
April 27, 2022, Nashville Scene by: Kelsey Beyeler The newly proposed education funding formula passed the House and Senate floors Wednesday, just one day after passing each chamber’s finance committee.…
April 21, 2022, The Daily Memphian by: David Waters The proposed new funding formula for public schools will lead to a “fiscal cliff” looming on the horizon for local schools.…