Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency

Just Days After Notifying School Districts Of Their Third Graders’ Results On The TCAP Reading Test, The Tennessee Department Of Education Has Released A Complete List Of School District Results From Across The State To The Public.

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U.S. Dept. Of Justice Announces Tennessee Convictions For Sale And Use Of Gun-Modifying Switches

West Tennessee Law Enforcement Has Placed Dozens Of People Behind Bars After Being Charged With Using “Glock Switches,” After Several Months Of Investigation Uncovered The Use Of A Device That Turns A Regular Semi-Automatic Handgun Into A Fully Automatic Firearm.

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Nashville Sues To Block Law Lowering The Votes Needed To Approve New NASCAR Track

Metro Nashville’s Legal Department Filed A Lawsuit To Block A New State Law Making It Easier For The Metro Council To Approve A New Racetrack At The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

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TN Attorney General Sues Avid Telecom Over Illegal Robocalls

The Tennessee Attorney General Sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, Which Does Business Under The Name Avid Telecom, Its Owner Michael Lansky, And Its Vice President Stacey S. Reeves, For Allegedly Initiating And Facilitating Billions Of Illegal Robocalls To Millions Of People And Violating Multiple Consumer Protection Laws.

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60% Of Tennessee Third-Graders Fail To Meet Proficiency On TCAP Test

After Spending The School Year Preparing Their Third-Grade Students For High-Stakes State Testing, School Districts Received Raw Scores For The TCAP Reading Test Late Friday Afternoon. Those Scores Show That 60% Of Third-Graders Across The State Failed To Meet Proficiency Levels Required To Be Promoted To The Fourth Grade.

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New Tennessee Law Bans Colleges From Requiring Agreement With ‘Divisive’ Academic Concepts

A New Tennessee Law Forbids Public Higher Education From Requiring Allegiance To “Divisive Concepts,” Including Some Tenets Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion, Or DEI.

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Crime Is Up On Tennessee College Campuses From 2021-2022, But Still Down Significantly From 2019

Every Year, The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Compiles All The Criminal Statistical Information From Reports That Occurred Specifically On College Campuses In Tennessee And Releases A Report. This Year’s Report Conveyed An Increase In Overall Crime By 26.28 % From 2021 To 2022.

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Bitcoin Conference Moves To Nashville With Aims To Promote More Mainstream Use Outside Of Traditional Financial Centers

This Summer In Late July, The Bitcoin Conference Will Converge On Nashville, Specifically, Music City Center For What The Conference Website Calls “The World’s Largest Bitcoin Conference” To Continue The Drive For Global Hyperbitcoinization.

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