September 2, 2010 Tennessee’s Senate Majority Leader and Collierville resident Mark Norris is embracing his role as a member of new Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell’s transition team. more...
September 2, 2010 Norris said AT&T and APL showed that “a little healthy competition, and an interest in giving back to the community can help many.” more...
August 27, 2010 Not only do late audits send red flags to Washington administrators keeping an eye on the state’s federal spending, but they also force the Legislature to make decisions based on what could be inaccurate financial reports, said Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris. more...
August 27, 2010 “I am pleased to see that good corporate citizens like AT&T and APL Logistics have been able to provide food and supplies to so many families in need here in the Memphis area,” said Majority Leader Norris. more...
August 26, 2010 “We have probably accomplished 70 to 75-percent of the criminal sentencing reforms we sought on what we call "Crooks with Guns," Sen. Norris said. more...
August 20, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said the budget is headed for a cliff in a Thursday speech to the Mid-South Medical Group Management Association. more...
August 19, 2010 Since he was first elected to the Shelby County Commission in 1994, Mark Norris has been picking up speed as a legislator. more...
August 17, 2010 Governor Phil Bredesen signed resolution #794 designating MERI as a Simulation Center of Excellence in the State of Tennessee. The resolution was introduced by Senator Mark Norris and signed on April 30, 2010. more...
August 9, 2010 County Mayor-Elect Mark Luttrell's 14-member transition team features a diverse list of names that cross partisan and racial lines and represent leaders in the public and private sector. more...
August 3, 2010 Delegates to the 64th Annual Meeting of The Council of State Governments' Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) today elected Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, chair of the Conference. more...
July 28, 2010 Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis and Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville don't always see eye-to-eye, but in this case they persuaded colleagues to dedicate funds to land acquisition instead of sending the money elsewhere this time. more...
July 25, 2010 But with strong backing from two Memphis-area state senators -- Democrat Jim Kyle and Republican Mark Norris -- some $16.5 million was included in the current year's budget. more...
July 16, 2010 The minority leader doesn't write about reality. Perhaps he is simply frustrated that, relegated to minority status, it is increasingly difficult to get others to "take the bait" he so frequently throws. more...
July 14, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) today encouraged consumers to take advantage of the August sales tax holiday set to begin August 6 in Tennessee. more...
July 8, 2010 Sen. Norris says based on the information uncovered by the WREG On Your Side Investigators, the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry needs to be tweaked. more...
June 9, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, also said the bill wasn’t moving in the House and the Senate’s practice is not to take those types of measures up. more...
June 6, 2010 "The safety of our citizens should be a priority of state government," Norris said. more...
June 4, 2010 “We’re proud of the job Tennessee has done in weathering the Great Recession and the economic downturn,” Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, told colleagues prior to the vote, later adding that “over the past three years, if memory serves, we have aided in reducing the state budget by over $1.5 billion.” more...
June 4, 2010 Both Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle and Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris made speeches in support of the overall budget bill, which covers the fiscal year beginning July 1. more...
June 4, 2010 Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris touted the budget as an optimistic, but realistic, response to the challenges the state has faced. more...
June 3, 2010 “This bill continues our ‘Crooks with Guns’ legislative efforts to crack down on violent crime,” said Leader Norris. “The bill focuses our resources on keeping violent criminals behind bars longer to protect the public.” more...
May 28, 2010 House Republican Caucus chairman Mark Norris of Collierville said Republicans have told Williams their opposition to the fish hatchery is not political. more...
May 27, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said, “apparently the fish hatchery is the new pork.” more...
May 27, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said there was a good reason why the plan was abandoned. more...
"This is done without the tax increases the governor has proposed, and that's a very important distinction that has to be made," Norris said. more...
May 24, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris said the GOP just wants "a reality-based budget." more...
May 20, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, in New York for a Council of State Governments meeting, said critics "are probably the ones trying to derail some very productive ongoing negotiations with the House." more...
May 18, 2010 Is this really the time to raise taxes? To tax Tennesseans at their television sets? To give bonuses to state employees? What kind of family budgets like that? more...
May 16, 2010 There was lengthy and sometimes testy debate, however, on the tax break provisions — especially over Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris’ ultimately successful efforts — to require that the state comptroller or other officials chosen by the Legislature give approval to granting of specific breaks to companies. more...
May 13, 2010 "We'd like to see those funds restored to their original purpose as quickly as possible, and that is certainly in discussion," said Norris. more...
May 13, 2010 Senate Republican leader Mark Norris says one committee will discuss the budget early next week, but otherwise senators will sit back and see what the House wants to do. more...
May 12, 2010 The Senate version did the same before it was amended by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris to require proof of citizenship, which the Collierville Republican said satisfies election officials who want to see more evidence. more...
May 11, 2010 "We held our nose and went with the governor's plan," Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, recalled Tuesday in suggesting that may have been a mistake and that Bredesen is now "straying from" his own long-range plans more...
"What you have right now is, in a phrase, don't ask, don't tell," said Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, contending that election officials are "afraid to ask" and the "applicant doesn't tell." more...
May 10, 2010 “I don’t think the members feel there is a profiling concern here at all,” said Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
May 10, 2010 Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris wants local election clerks to be able to require suspicious applicants to actually provide more proof than just their word. more...
May 9, 2010 Senate Republicans, led by Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville and Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville, are working on an alternative budget plan with more cuts than Bredesen is proposing. more...
May 6, 2010 "Words cannot describe the devastation and loss that so many Tennesseans have suffered. Our thoughts and prayers are with them." Norris said. more...
May 4, 2010 For a week before the rain started, state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris was in Washington, but aware, as others were, that a major event might begin Friday, which it did. more...
May 4, 2010 The clean up across the state continues, and Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris said federal aid is coming to west Tennessee to help in the process. more...
April 29, 2010 "None of the fees will go to the General Fund," says Senator Mark Norris (R Collierville). "It will only be used internally and not passed on to any patients and other users in the health care delivery system." more...
April 27, 2010 Republican leader Mark Norris says he’ll be having dinner with the governor and will ask for the budget to be fast-tracked to the legislature. more...
April 25, 2010 "It's just a question of which direction folks want to go," Norris said. "We still don't have the complete picture." more...
April 14, 2010 A bill that would open the door for Shelby County Schools to become a special school district is further along in the Tennessee legislature than it has ever been. more...
April 7, 2010 State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) has been reappointed by Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey to serve on the West Tennessee River Basin Authority. more...
March 22, 2010 Mark Norris is the Republican leader in the state Senate. Within hours after the U.S. House passed a new national health care plan Sunday he was calculating the affect on the upcoming state budget. more...
March 22, 2010 Speakers and panelists include Rhodes president William Troutt, FedEx executive Tom Schmitt, state Senate Republican leader Mark Norris and best-selling author Hampton Sides. more...
March 19, 2010 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, abstained after expressing concern with the bill's failure to clarify whether the higher exemptions apply only to credit issued after it goes into effect or to credit previously extended. more...
March 11, 2010 Senate Republican Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville said Wednesday that despite the Greater Memphis Chamber’s endorsement, it’s too early to say whether the hospital fee will win approval. more...
March 9th, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris says he and most Republicans would like the money returned to its intended use. more...
March 3, 2010 The fundraiser actions will include items like a day at State Senate Leader Mark Norris' Greenlevel Farm, a hat signed by all the members of the first Republican house majority and a day on Capitol Hill in Nashville. more...
March 1, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris said a number of options are being tossed about, but he said one involves possibly reducing some of the debt the state authorized for capital projects. more...
February 28, 2010 “I’ve continued to work ... to see how much debt has been authorized but never issued,” Norris said. “By canceling some of that old debt, we can free up some of the reserves by law we’ve been required to set aside, and thereby free up cash.” more...
February 28, 2010 Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville said a number of options are being tossed about, but he said one involves possibly reducing some of the debt the state authorized for capital projects, which could free up "several tens of millions" of dollars. more...
February 26, 2010 Shelby County is on track to get 8% of the dollars and 6% of the jobs compared to the state totals, numbers that have Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, a member of the state Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee, frustrated but not surprised. more...
February 17, 2010 The Tennessee Senate approved legislation on Wednesday by a vote of 26-1-5 "to protect the freedom of Tennessee patients to make their own health care choices, regardless of any future federal action." more...
February 17, 2010 Norris told commissioners he is trying to make sure the county's grant is not lost. more...
February 5, 2010 Senator Norris says, “So, it’s up to each individual member to make that determination, if they don't, the voters will do to for them.” more...
February 4, 2010 “The weakened economy means lawmakers must be vigilant to make sure that taxpayer dollars are spent in the most efficient and effective manner,” he said. more...
February 3, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said there is some concern about increasing fees or taxes on Tennesseans. more...
February 2, 2010 Memphis Senator Mark Norris, the Republican leader in the upper house, wants the governor to come up with a contingency plan if CMS doesn’t approve the changes. more...
February 2, 2010 However, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville questioned whether the hike is necessary, and said Republicans make look for other places to cut in the governor's budget. more...
February 2, 2010 “There is some concern in the ranks about increasing fees or taxes on Tennesseans right now,” Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said. more...
January 27, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville -- whose district encompasses most of I-69's proposed route through West Tennessee -- said the interstate "is very important to the nation's transportation infrastructure, international concerns aside." more...
January 25, 2010 It will have its detractors, but it will get full airing," said the Collierville Republican. more...
January 21, 2010 “This is a major step forward. It incorporates a number of reforms that a lot of us have been advocating for a number of years, and the timing was just right.” more...
January 19, 2010 Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, and Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, on Tuesday joined Reps. Jim Coley, R-Bartlett, Lois DeBerry, D-Memphis, and Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, in presenting to Bredesen the consortium idea as an amendment to the higher education reform bill. more...
January 13, 2010 “The community college emphasis, the technical schools, we’ve been needing to do that for many, many years. I’m worried about the federal hook, about federal overreaching and encroachment. But he acknowledged that tonight, and I think he’s willing to work with us to avoid those entanglements.” more...
January 12, 2010 The 2007 legislation made it an additional offense to be armed with a gun when committing felonies: aggravated and especially aggravated kidnapping, burglary, carjacking, voluntary manslaughter and certain crimes involving drugs. more...
January 4, 2010 State Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville defends doctors and hospitals as an attorney. He sponsored the legislation and says its effectiveness proves how many “frivolous suits” – in his words – were being filed. more...
