The veto by Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam of a bill requiring anyone taking pictures or shooting video of animal abuse to turn the evidence over to law enforcement within 48 hours may have national
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More Time to Decide Whether to Sign or Veto TN "Ag-Gag"
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has longer to decide whether to sign the state’s “ag-gag” bill than Food Safety News originally reported. If signed, the bill will make it a crime to record animal cruelty unless
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"Ag-Gag" Sponsor Unloads on Humane Society in Tennessee
Usually when someone trying to make a point with a new law eliminates the penalty for disobeying it, things settle down. Old legislative wags say that’s how a law becomes a suggestion. But in Tennessee,
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