January 18, 2009 The only GOP vote for Rep. Kent Williams -- a restaurant owner from Elizabethton in only his second term, and so little known that Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris of Collierville first met him on Wednesday -- was Williams' vote for himself. more...
January 15, 2009 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said he doesn't know what to make of Williams so far. more...
January 9, 2009 Sen. Mark Norris, the architect of the recommendation process, which was supposed to promote a new level of transparency in nominating state constitutional officers, disagreed with the characterization that it has gotten bogged down. more...
December 17, 2008 On Monday, a panel of Senate Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris questioned 14 applicants — one for comptroller, five for treasurer and eight for secretary of state. more...
December 16, 2008 Chaired by State Sen. Mark Norris, other members of the panel include State Sens. Paul Stanley, Randy McNally, and Diane Black, and State Reps. Jason Mumpower, Glen Casada, Matthew Hill, and Gerald McCormick. more...
December 16, 2008 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, as he convened the panel, remarked on the fact that all of the applicants were men and all were white but said he hoped that the process would open the door for a more diverse array of candidates in the future. more...
December 15, 2008 "It is a good opportunity for a departure (from the past), and in so doing shine a brighter light on the fact that these offices exist, what they do, and the people who aspire to fill them. In a word: 'transparency,' " said Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris, the architect of the vetting process. more...
December 8, 2008 It is, as Norris suggested, a somewhat more business-like approach to filling the $180,000-per-year jobs. more...
December 5, 2008 With the election of four new Republicans in the House of Representatives and three in the Senate, Republicans enjoy an unprecedented majority in the General Assembly. more...
March 17, 2008 "I have no interest in some of the amendments that would have made access more difficult," he said. "As a former county commissioner, I never found it difficult to comply with the law just as it is." more...
March 17, 2008 Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris of Collierville said he welcomed the demise of the proposal to have more elected officials be able to meet in private. more...
January 8, 2008 Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville), the Senate Republican’s leader, echoed similar thoughts, saying he trusted fellow GOP Senators’ judgment on “social issues.” more...
April 14, 2007 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, and Reps. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, Steve McManus, R-Cordova, Reginald Tate, D-Memphis, and Curry Todd, R-Collierville, also spoke during the hour-plus forum at Ridgeway Country Club. more...
March 30, 2007 Tennessee's new ethics chief sits calmly before the Senate finance committee as Sen. Mark Norris quizzes him about the motive behind the $175,000 he has asked the legislature to add to his budget for investigators and auditors. more...
March 20, 2007 Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris questioned Androphy about whether he thinks launching investigations is part of his responsibilities. more...
February 9, 2006 "As the law is written right now, it doesn't apply to the governor or the General Assembly," said Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, and chair of the committee. more...
January 28, 2006 Crowe said he is co-sponsoring legislation with Sen. Mark Norris, R-Memphis, which he predicted would pass, to allow the Tennessee Highway Patrol to make arrests for violation of immigration laws. more...
Cocke has subpoenaed Republican senators Mark Norris of Collierville and Curtis Person of Memphis, and Democrat Don McLeary of Humboldt to testify in the hearing. more...
January 25, 2006 Tennessee State Senators, Mark Norris, Curtis Person and Don McLeary were subpoenaed to appear in court, and ordered to attend. more...
January 25, 2006 "Obviously, I stated on the floor a week ago, if I had my druthers I would be in Nashville representing my constituents there," says Republican Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville. more...
January 25, 2006 State Sens. Mark Norris, Curtis Person and Don McLeary are among the 14 senators in the courtroom this morning for the hearing on the Ford case. more...
January 25, 2006 Several Tennessee Senators were called to testify. State Senator Mark Norris of Collierville and State Senator Curtis Person of Memphis, both republicans, were among them. more...
January 24, 2006 Person (R-Memphis), Norris (R-Collierville) and McLeary (D-Humboldt) all said they did not know why they were being subpoenaed to testify. more...
January 24, 2006 Three West Tennessee senators have been commanded to appear in federal court tomorrow morning and may be asked why they voted to unseat a colleague, newly elected Sen. Ophelia Ford of Memphis. more...
January 24, 2006 The three state senators from West Tennessee who voted to unseat Sen. Ophelia Ford received subpoenas Monday to appear at Wednesday's federal court hearing on whether the Senate can void the controversial special election. more...
January 24, 2006 "This is fixing to be a case of historic dimensions on the constitutional level," said Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, one of the three men subpoenaed. more...
"I've been subpoenaed by a federal judge to leave while I'm in session and go back to West Tennessee and give testimony about my actions as a senator," Norris said Monday. "That is unconstitutional." more...
Tennessee State Senators Curtis Person and Mark Norris will be in Memphis after they were both subpoenaed and ordered to be present at the hearing. more...
January 24, 2006 Three state senators have been subpoenaed to testify at Wednesday's hearing in this case. more...
January 23, 2006 Three senators from west tennessee have been called to testify about the reasoning behind a vote in a senate committee last week. more...
January 20, 2006 "I've got a job to do and it requires me to apparently be in two places at once," Norris said Thursday. more...
January 20, 2006 “It is an interesting time in the history of this state, in terms of the federalism and state’s rights provisions under the Tennessee constitution,” Norris said. more...
January 20, 2006 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, questioned whether a federal judge has a right to intervene in matters of the state Constitution and Senate action. more...
January 20, 2006 "Is Lt. Gov. Wilder going to send the Highway Patrol out to arrest those of us who have been served with a summons and complaint in federal court," asked Sen. Mark Norris, (R) Collierville. more...
January 19, 2006 “I think this is personal and the citizens of my district think it’s personal as well,” said Sen. Mark Norris, R- Collierville. more...
January 18, 2006 "There was enough irregularity and allegations and some fraud alleged here, there was no way we could proceed with this member sitting as a result of the election process," said Sen. Mark Norris, (R) Collierville. more...
January 16, 2006 Norris said Republican leader Ron Ramsey filed a resolution this morning calling for the Senate to void the election. It is scheduled for debate on Thursday, he said. more...
"We need to look at the statute on official misconduct to make sure there are strict penalties in the event someone does interfere and cronyism creeps in," said Senator Norris. more...
State Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville), the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee that has been investigating the cronyism at Safety, said he never thought 60 days was a realistic timetable anyway. more...
January 8, 2006 Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark Norris, R-Collierville, has plans for his panel to conduct hearings on allegations of political cronyism and other improper conduct in the Tennessee Highway Patrol. more...
“I’m afraid the governor’s call for the special session is too narrow and won’t address everything it should,” said Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, whose district includes all of Dyer County. more...
"You want to make sure the fox is not in the hen house," Norris said, "and with all that we're hearing and all that we're seeing, there's a serious question of credibility." more...
October 20, 2005 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said the proposed executive orders "sound like a good move on the governor’s part." more...
July 18, 2005 Joining McNally in planning to sponsor the legislation are Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, House Finance Committee Chairman Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, and Rep. Russell Johnson, R-Loudon. more...
Representatives Craig Fitzhugh (D-Ripley) and Russell Johnson (R-Loudon) and Senators Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) and Mark Norris (R-Collierville) announced that they will file legislation that will enable the state to address the pensions of public officials that are guilty of crimes related to public office. more...
"I believe we do need a special session to deal with ethics reform and in particular an independent ethics commission," said Republican Mark Norris. more...
July 6, 2005 Sen. Mark Norris says the time has come to call for a special legislative session to deal with the ethics issue in state government. more...
July 5, 2005 Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville, our state senator, is calling for a special session of the legislature to establish an ethics committee. more...
July 5, 2005 Norris said. "But we can utilize safeguards against that which threatens to pervert morality and common decency." more...
July 3, 2005 State Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, has also suggested creating an independent ethics commission to oversee all branches of state government. more...
Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) also asked that a special session be called. more...
June 29, 2005 "The citizens of Tennessee want change and expect us to develop a system of accountability." more...
June 28, 2005 In a speech Saturday to the Ducks Unlimited State Convention, Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville) called on Governor Bredesen to have a special legislative session for the development of an ethics commission. more...
Jun 28, 2005 Four legislators have asked Gov. Phil Bredesen to call a special session to tighten ethics laws, and House Republicans outlined their ideas Tuesday for what could be accomplished. more...
Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, chatted up Small Business Chamber members Tuesday at the group's monthly meeting at the Germantown Hilton. more...
June 5, 2005 “My initial reaction was one of shock,” said Norris. more...
June 2, 2005 "I'm very disturbed and deeply saddened…this is not representative of what the majority of us endeavor to do in Nashville for the citizens of Collierville." more...
Norris said he is most concerned about total money spent to influence legislators on any given issue. more...
April 14, 2005 "It's a tough bill, its far reaching and it will require some adjustments but its a job worth doing," says State Senator Mark Norris of Memphis. more...
April 5, 2005 Norris said that in many cases, “if you give government an inch, it will take a mile.” more...
March 17, 2005 Norris is a leading proponent of legislation to create a special county school district – the “elephant in the room,” as he described it Wednesday. more...
February 17, 2005 Ford's fellow senators have been hesitant to comment, but Senator Mark Norris tells us it is appropriate the process is moving forward. more...
