August 30, 2007 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, criticized the report for downplaying the problems of illegal immigration. more...
August 11, 2007 The study also concludes that illegal immigrants probably have an overall positive impact on the state's economy — although they may have a negative impact on local economies in the cities where they are heavily concentrated. more...
August 11, 2007 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said the report does not say anything lawmakers didn’t already know, but he objected to the way it downplayed the problems of illegal immigration. more...
August 10, 2007 Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris objected to the way the study downplayed the problems of illegal immigration. more...
March 31, 2007 Briley has worked with sponsors of the bill, Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris of Collierville and Rep. Doug Overbey, R-Maryville, in putting together the package. more...
March 21, 2007 The Senate versions were sponsored by Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris of Collierville. Both bills had already gained full Senate approval. more...
March 20, 2007 Senator Mark Norris, a Memphis Republican, sponsored the bill and says it underwrites a process begun last fall by the state administration. more...
March 19, 2007 The Senate bill is sponsored by Mark Norris of Collierville. more...
March 15, 2007 "Right now there are constitutional questions about whether local law enforcement officials have the ability to detain and question illegal aliens," sponsor Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, said. more...
March 14, 2007 "There has been a constitutional debate about whether it's appropriate for state law enforcement officials to detain and question, let alone arrest," Senator Mike Norris (R - Collierville) said. more...
March 11, 2007 But then the Republican sponsors of the bill, Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville and Rep. Doug Overbey of Maryville, actually decided to negotiate. more...
March 9, 2007 Rep. Rob Briley (D-Nashville), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) have put together a deal on the issue. more...
March 5, 2007 "I think its just a question of Ketron getting his legislation there to codify what is already in existing regulations and maybe the administration is a little embarrassed by that," Norris tells WDEF News 12. more...
February 27, 2007 It was later pointed out by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) that news had broken that Toyota had chosen Tupelo, Miss., as the site of its new plant. more...
January 9, 2007 The move would allow "local law enforcement officers to take federal training at federal expense. It is a win-win situation," said Sen. Mark Norris of Collierville, the Senate's second-ranking Republican. more...
"Here’s the bottom line: the sponsor’s bill, as written, does nothing more than what the present law allows," said Norris, R-Collierville. more...
May 10, 2006 Senate Transportation Chairman Mark Norris said he wants to amend the bill to require the THP to seek immigration training from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by July 2007. more...
May 1, 2006 The idea is for the THP to "augment or supplement" the enforcement activities of the federal government, according to Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
April 4, 2006 Norris said federal funding is available to cover the cost of training for Highway Patrol officers and estimated about 30 would be trained and certified by next year. more...
April 4, 2006 "This is designed to supplement our troopers' skills, not to supplant," Norris said. more...
April 4, 2006 “It’s time for the legislature to tell the Department of Safety that it’s time to start the training,” said Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville). more...
April 4, 2006 "The Department of Safety could have done this any time in the past three years... and chose not to," said the bill’s primary sponsor, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark Norris, R-Collierville. more...
April 4, 2006 Senators voted 23-5 in favor of the bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. A companion bill is scheduled to be discussed Tuesday by the state government subcommittee in the House. more...
April 4, 2006 Monday night the Senate passed a measure that would require State Troopers to be trained to enforce federal immigration and customs laws. more...
March 29, 2006 Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, is sponsoring legislation that would allow Tennessee to tap into federal funds to train patrol officers on immigration and customs laws. more...
March 29, 2006 (AP) -- Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers would be trained to enforce federal immigration and customs laws under legislation headed for a Senate vote. more...
March 1, 2006 The Norris-Gresham bill has 37 sponsors in the House and three in the Senate, mostly Republicans. 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...
May 20, 2005 The amendment was proposed by Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville), who said he did not understand Haynes’ argument that his amendment would turn the bill into a partisan issue. more...
May 19, 2005 Wanting to protect the integrity of the election process, Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) proposed an amendment to the bill that would require a person applying to vote under the new election laws to show proof of U.S. citizenship. more...
