Here is today's news, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: From the Chattanoogan… The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual ‘Crime on C
Here is today’s news, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
From the Chattanoogan…
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual ‘Crime on Campus’ publication on Tuesday, detailing the volume and nature of crime on Tennessee’s college and university campuses.
The report compiles data submitted to TBI through the state’s Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the report’s findings:
- Crime reported by Tennessee colleges and universities decreased 15.5% from 2017 to 2018.
- Robbery offenses decreased significantly, by 50%, in the same time period.
- The overall category of ‘Sex Offenses – Non-Consensual’ decreased by 17.8% in 2018, with reported ‘Rape’ offenses decreasing 10.2%.
In accordance to federal guidelines, the TBI discourages the use of its crime data to compare one agency to another. It is far more appropriate, in the TBI’s assessment, to compare an agency’s statistics over time.
The full report is available for review on the TBI’s website: www.tn.gov/tbi.
From WRCB Channel 3…
A bill to keep Tennessee on daylight saving time year-round is headed to the governor’s desk for his approval.
Senate members advanced the proposal on Tuesday, allowing it to be sent to Gov. Bill Lee. The bill scraps the twice-annual time shift – but only if Congress first passes a federal law allowing states to observe daylight saving year-round. The General Assembly would then have to adopt the proposal.
Other states are considering similar conditional legislation. President Donald Trump also likes the idea of permanent daylight saving nationwide.
Also from WRCB Channel 3…
Tennessee lawmakers have signed off on a $38.5 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes funding for providing Medicaid assistance to disabled children, pay hikes for correctional officers and boosting the state’s rainy day account.
Lawmakers had been split on several key budget items, disagreeing over the best way to fund the $27.3 million so-called Katie Beckett program among other differences.
However, as of Tuesday, lawmakers had settled on a compromise and advanced the budget outline for fiscal year 2019-2020.
From NewsChannel 9…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says he’ll let legislation to allow sports betting become law without his signature.
Lee spokeswoman Laine Arnold said the Republican doesn’t believe gambling expansion is best but recognizes that many lawmakers want to explore it.
Senators narrowly voted 19-12 Tuesday for a bill to allow regulated statewide mobile and interactive sports gambling. It would make Tennessee the first state in the nation to allow sports betting without brick-and-mortar locations. The House accepted the changes in a thin 51-40 vote.
