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State Sen. Mark Norris, vice chairman of the county's legislative delegation, said state leaders want unanimous support from local bodies before acting on major legislation, something lacking in this case. more...
December 17, 2004 Republican state Sen. Mark Norris, chair of the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee and a local attorney, considers Tennessee a "pre-crisis state" when it comes to malpractice and tort reform more...
December 10, 2004 Republican State Sen. Mark Norris, chairman of the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee and an attorney at Armstrong Allen, is looking to change that. more...
"It has major implications for economic development across West Tennessee over the next quarter century," says state Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
November 2, 2004 Sens. Steve Cohen, Mark Norris and Jim Kyle won easy re-election to the Tennessee Senate but the big story in Tuesday’s legislative elections: Republicans won an elected majority in the Senate for the first time since Reconstruction. more...
Norris said split control of the General Assembly would give Republicans leverage to force House Democrats to allow floor votes on social and other issues previously blocked in committees. more...
In the race for the Tennessee Senate position for District 32, Democratic challenger Pete Parker will face Republican incumbent Mark Norris. more...
October 27, 2004 A vehicular obscenity bill, introduced in 2003 by State Representative W. C. Pleasant and State Senator Mark Norris, both Republicans, became law this summer. more...
Senator Mark Norris, who represents Dyer County, and Reps. Fitzhugh and Phillip Pinion, who share Dyer County, have been instrumental in securing the corridor in Dyer County, Revell said. more...
October 21, 2004 State Sen. Mark Norris, Republican who lives with his family just outside Collierville on Collierville-Arlington Road, has served the area well in the Tennessee legislature. more...
October 21, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris of State District 32 said he had arranged to meet with the TEMA group, talk to some property owners whose homes suffered and tour the Heckethorn facility that received substantial damage in the strong winds. more...
Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, kicked off the discussion at the meeting, which was organized by Detroit Road resident Helen Richardson. more...
Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, had not seen the letter but said, "Apparently he shares my opposition to a payroll tax. I'll be anxious to see what he comes up with." more...
Sen. Mark Norris intends to work on getting his proposed constitutional amendment on a homestead exemption on the state's 2006 ballot if he is re-elected in November. more...
September 20, 2004 The state’s oldest and largest pro-life organization has announced its official endorsement of legislator Mark Norris for the state Senate in district 32. more...
August 12, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris also needs a pat on the back for his involvement in this issue. As an elected leader, he has stepped up to the plate and made sure the issue was placed front and center to those in charge in Nashville. That’s what representing the people is all about. more...
August 12, 2004 Norris pledged to find out why the rules have been stuck in committee and when the rules will be considered by the Tennessee Legislature “for the benefit of the rest of the state.” more...
August 11, 2004 State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said any delay in cutting costs for TennCare will have a negative effect on the state budget. more...
August 6, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris and Rep. Randy Rinks are assets for Tennessee business interests in the General Assembly, but Rep. W.C. 'Bubba' Pleasant is a liability. more...
"As property taxes continue to rise, many older residents feel they are being punished for a lifetime of fiscal responsibility," said state Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, a former Shelby County commissioner who is sponsoring the constitutional amendment. more...
Norris has said he is “concerned” about the situation and has been in contact with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). more...
July 16, 2004 Norris said he wanted to go see the sludge dumping site in northwest Tipton County which is operated by Add-Van Farms and owned by county resident Van Bringle. more...
July 12, 2004 Tennessee state Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville said he sponsored the bill in response to a constituent's complaint. more...
July 9, 2004 With the threat of a $17 million cut looming earlier, state Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, asked state Atty. Gen. Paul G. Summers for an advisory opinion on whether the commission could reduce the sheriff's department budget without the sheriff's consent "if doing so will interfere with the statutorily mandated duties of the sheriff." more...
June 6, 2004 The home is on the National Register of Historic Places and is now owned by state Sen. Mark Norris, who lives at Greenlevel with his wife and two children. more...
May 29, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, told the group that two of the three objectives he set two years ago - reform of TennCare and workers' compensation - were accomplished in this year's General Assembly session. more...
May 26, 2004 Making a Mark: Another local senator whose stature was enhanced during the session was Mark Norris of Collierville. more...
May 21, 2004 “So we’ll be back in session here in Nashville before the fee schedule is adopted, that is July 2005,” Norris said, adding the administration also assured him it would consider improvements of the second injury fund, which the bill currently would eliminate next year. more...
May 16, 2004 "I worked with Hino to sell them on the Ripley site, and here they went right across the river," says state Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
May 12, 2004 Norris called the bill "a good faith effort" to address concerns and promise that future changes will be considered. more...
May 10, 2004 Norris said he could support the administration's bill because he believes something must be done now. more...
May 10, 2004 Norris went on to say that the committee determined more information gathering is necessary. more...
May 7, 2004 Several bills are up for consideration and Cooper said he wants the administration to hear some of the proposals of other bill sponsors, among them Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville). more...
Phil Bredesen has had more comfortable times. more...
April 30, 2004 Norris’ constitutional amendment would only take effect if money to fund the initiative were available in the budget. more...
April 23, 2004 That’s why Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) proposed the constitutional amendment, which would only take effect if money to fund the initiative is available in the budget. more...
April 21, 2004 One measure is a state constitutional amendment, proposed by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, that could not take effect until at least 2007 because it requires voter ratification in a constitutional referendum in 2006. more...
April 20, 2004 Sen. Don McLeary (D-Humboldt) added a third proposal late Thursday to the two bills proposed by Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and by Democratic Caucus Chairman Sen. Joe Haynes (D-Goodlettsville). more...
"At the end of the day, ours is the most comprehensive bill and we need to move forward. We're running out of time," said Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
April 12, 2004 This week considerable progress could be made on that front by speedy approval in the state Senate of a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
April 12, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, expects legislation to move that will nip around the edges of malpractice reform by pulling most cases out of court. more...
State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said his bill would reduce employers' expenses for on-the-job injuries that are partial but permanent by lowering the amount paid if a person goes back to work. more...
April 6, 2004 State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said he is "guardedly optimistic" that workers' compensation reform will pass this year. more...
April 6, 2004 Republican Sen. Mark Norris, sponsor of the Senate bill, is concerned about children in other vehicles being able to view pornography on the screens of in-car DVD players. more...
April 5, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, sponsor of the Senate bill, said viewing obscene DVDs in cars effectively turns a vehicle into a ''rolling projection booth'' for pornography. more...
April 5, 2004 "Traditional co-op laws on our books prohibit outside investment," Norris says. more...
April 2, 2004 Tennessee lawmakers like Senator Mark Norris are fighting to get pornographic video off the streets. more...
April 2, 2004 Senator Norris, District 32 (Shelby, Tipton, Lauderdale and Dyer Counties), is the Senate sponsor of the co-op bill. more...
March 28, 2004 Some lawmakers are concerned that a convenience geared to entertain restless tots with cartoons is being used to play X-rated fare. more...
March 17, 2004 ''Time's running out,'' said Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, who favors restructuring workers' compensation. more...
"This was not unexpected, but it is disappointing nonetheless," Sen. Mark Norris said by phone from his home in Collierville. more...
Norris argued that without his wording, the state's future laws on abortion would be written by judges and not legislators. more...
Sen. Norris said, "[We want] to continue showing sensitivity to those instances without leaving leaving this issue exclusively in the courts." more...
March 08, 2004 A rider to the resolution for a constitutional amendment on abortion to the Tennessee Constitution has a fatal flaw, Sen. Mark Norris said Friday. more...
February 27, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville who represents Tipton County, has said many times he believes the system needs to be reformed. more...
February 26, 2004 "The governor has asked the joint workers' compensation advisory committee to draft the bill," Norris said by phone from his Nashville office. more...
Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) received the Tennessee School Boards Association Legislative Award in Nashville last week. more...
Sue Griffith, president of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce, introduced Norris as a man who "is always working for us, for the public." more...
February 11, 2004 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said workers compensation reform is now at hot topic in Nashville. more...
January 11, 2004 It has been nearly a generation since the General Assembly first determined that 65-year-olds deserve credit for a lifetime of sound investment in their homesteads. Now it is time to deliver. more...
"The governor has told us (TennCare's) not viable and we need to do something else," Norris said. more...
November 11, 2003 State Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) is meeting in Louisville, Ky. this week with officials from Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana to pursue opportunities for rural economic development in West Tennessee. more...
State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, is the author of five of the 25 bills before the study committee. An attorney, Norris also sees the doctor's side of the issue. more...
My efforts to balance protection of citizen pocketbooks with preservation of property rights continue in the state Senate. more...
July 17, 2003 Sen. Mark Norris is sponsoring a bill to cap non-economic damages for medical malpractice. more...
July 16, 2003 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville and a Memphis attorney, spoke to the legislative committee in the first of a series of meetings to study the issue of tort reform. A tort is a civil suit for damages. more...
June 16, 2003 "The atmosphere on the hill was completely different from last year," Norris said, remembering the vicious, partisan battle over a proposed income tax that nearly paralyzed state government last year. more...
June 10, 2003 The legislature, the governor and local school districts have far more serious issues ahead in funding education adequately. more...
June 5, 2003 Several legislators backed the bill because there have been several cases of families living in neighboring states but sending their children to Tennessee schools, said Sen. Mark Norris, a Republican from Collierville who co-sponsored the bill. more...
As the Senate Republican Caucus Secretary, I appreciate the opportunity to inform our Shelby GOP membership about recent developments in the Tennessee General Assembly. more...
May 9, 2003 The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mark Norris and Rep. Curry Todd, both Collierville Republicans, is being sought by Shelby County school officials, who estimate that dozens of students a year are fraudulently enrolled by their out-of-district parents , Norris said. more...
April 2, 2003 Spiraling costs of insurance, prescription drugs and defensive medicine are to blame for Tennessee's medical emergency. more...
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