Editor’s notebook: Fancy names for ugly Tennessee bills

By: J. Holly McCall

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 955

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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In the classic movie “Mary Poppins,” Julie Andrews as the titular nanny sings a charming song about how “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. . . in a most delightful way.”

There’s nothing about the Tennessee General Assembly that’s charming or delightful, but lawmakers appear to have taken a lesson from Mary Poppins as they name their bills: measures that do little good and often quite a bit of harm get …

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