Author: TTC
Debt Limit Agreement Takes Fire From All Sides
President Joe Biden And House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Reached A Tentative Compromise To Raise The Debt Ceiling Over The Weekend, But The Plan Still Faces A Rocky Path Forward.
Read moreWe Owe Our Veterans Apologies, Not Just “Memorials” (Op-Ed)
Our Free Republic Is Being Shredded. As We Rush Headlong Into Totalitarianism, We Must Apologize To Those Who’ve Died For Us. They Gave Their All To Defend Our Freedom, And We Are Allowing It To Be Thrown Away.
Read moreFirst Safe Haven Baby Surrendered at Tennessee’s First “Baby Box”
Tennessee’s First Safe Haven Baby Box, Installed In February Of This Year, Was Actually Used Over The Weekend For The Very First Time.
Read moreDrag Queen And UT Academic Advisor Sue State For Not Paying For Their Sex Change Operations
A Drag Queen Who Goes By The Name The Lady Viktra, And An Academic Advisor From The University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga (UTC) Are Both Suing The State Of Tennessee For Refusing To Pay For Their Sex Change Operations.
Read moreInvestigation Questions Food And Alcohol Purchases By Tennessee Association Of Chiefs Of Police
Investigators With The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Have Examined The Operations Of The Tennessee Association Of Chiefs Of Police, A Nonprofit Organization That Receives More Than Half Of Its Funding From Governmental Sources. Comptroller Investigators Noted Questionable Credit Card Transactions Totaling $63,923.74.
Read moreCade Cothren Claims He Helped Cameron Sexton Win TN Speaker’s Race Before Indictment
A Former House Speaker’s Chief Of Staff — Under Federal Indictment On Bribery And Kickback Charges — Claims He Helped Cameron Sexton Win The Speakership In 2019 Before Being Paid Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Through A Shadowy Campaign Vendor.
Read moreTennessee Tourism Report Produces Questionable Spending Claims Of $27B
Tennessee Once Again Claimed Victory When It Recently Touted That Visitors Had Spent $27.5 Billion On Tourism In The State In 2022. But Those Numbers, Presented By A Marketing Group Called Tourism Economics And Paid For By The United States Travel Association, Revealed Little About How The Numbers Were Computed.
Read moreA Rural TN County’s Choice: Use Opioid Funds To Pay Off Debt, Or Pay Them Forward To Curb Crisis
Over The Past Two Years, Rural Greene County In Northeastern Tennessee Has Collected More Than $2.7 Million From Regional And National Settlements With Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors. But Instead Of Helping People Harmed By Addiction, County Officials Are Finding Other Ways To Spend It.
Read moreREAL Conservatives Urge Gov. Lee To Stop Acting Like A Dem, 60% Of Tennessee 3rd-Graders Can’t Read Reinstating Parent’s Rights, Crime On The Rise On TN Campuses, Divisive Educational Concepts & Much More! The TennCon Big 7!
1) 60% Of Tennessee Third-Graders Fail To Meet Proficiency On TCAP Test
1A) Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency
2) Conservative Lawmakers Urge Governor Lee To Abandon Plans For Special Session To Enact Unconstitutional ‘Red Flag’ Laws
2A) More Tennessee County GOP’s, County Commissions Issue Resolutions Against Red Flag Laws
3) Tennessee Governor Signs Parental Rights Bill Counteracting Mature Minor Doctrine
4) Crime Is Up On Tennessee College Campuses From 2021-2022, But Still Down Significantly From 2019
5) Gov. Lee Allocated $140M To Put An Armed Guard In Every School, But There Aren’t Enough Officers To Go Around
6) Lee Signs Bill Prohibiting Forced Implicit Bias Training For Tennessee Teachers
6A) Governor Lee Protects Teachers’ Rights To Refuse To Use Preferred Pronouns Of Students
7) New Tennessee Law Bans Colleges From Requiring Agreement With ‘Divisive’ Academic Concepts