Getting Kids Out Of Failing Schools, Refusing Fed’s Education Funds, Lee’s Bloated Budget, Censorship Gone Awry & Much More! – The TennCon Big 7!

• School Voucher Expansion Bill Passes Senate Education Committee
• TN House Speaker Proposes A Refusal On Federal Funds For Education
• Governor Lee Proposes $55.6 Billion Budget Plan
• TN Senate Bill To Censor News Organizations, Advocacy Groups Amended To Remove ‘Controversial’ Elements
• TN Bill To End Child Mutilation Moves Forward Following Intense Debate
• Bill To Ban Drag Shows For Children Passes Senate
• Amazon Pauses on Construction of Office Complex in Downtown Nashville

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Amazon Pauses On Construction Of Office Complex In Downtown Nashville

Amazon Is Putting A Hold On The Construction Of Their Planned Office Hub In Downtown Nashville, Saying They Are “Focused On Reimagining Work Areas.” Tennessee Residents Continue To Lose Faith In The Company As They Continue To Fail To Keep The Many Promises They Have Made To The People Of This State, All While Continuing To Take Taxpayer Funding For Their Planned Projects.

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Mo’ Money From Your Pocket 4 Corporations & Failed Public Education, “Divisive Concepts” Appeals Bias, Fascist Vanderbilt, Legislator Votes For Abortion Law He Didn’t Read & Much More – The TennCon Big 7!

1 – Tennessee Economic Development Agency Wants $202.5M In Additional Funds Mainly For Incentives
2 – Nashville Mayor’s Office Announces Tax Deal for $75M Fairgrounds Speedway Renovation
Bonus: Tax Fund Wouldn’t Pay For $116.3M In Tennessee Race Track’s Bonds
3 – Amazon Continues To Flake On Promised Returns For Taxpayer Money
4 -Tennessee’s Department Of Education Looking For $350M Budget Increase
5 – Attorney For Parents’ Choice Argues That Tennessee “Divisive Concepts” Appeals Process Is Biased
6 – Vanderbilt Ranks In Top Ten Of Most Fascist Universities In America
7 – Senator Richard Briggs Waffles On Commitment To Tennessee’s Anti-Abortion Law

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Midterm Madness, Corporate Freeze-out, Protecting Kids From Mutilation, Abortion Increases, Surprises In TN & Much More – The TennCon Big 7!

• Bonus story: Control Of Congress At Stake: Red Wave Hits Florida, Stops There
• Lee Reelected, Ogles Wins District 5, Plus Statewide Election Results
• Four Tennessee Constitutional Amendments, Including Right-To-Work, Win By Large Margins
• 438 Voters Assigned Wrong Ballots In Davidson County Allowed To Cast Provisional Ballots
• Amazon Bails On Promised Job Creation In Nashville With Hiring Freeze Announcement
• Tennessee Bill To Limit “Gender Mutilation” Introduced By Republican Lawmakers
• Tennessee Abortion Numbers Drop As Neighboring States See Increase
• Tennesseans Can’t Rely On “No Surprises” In Medical Billing Due To Loopholes & Legislature Inaction

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Special Interest Groups Spend $60 Million A Year To Curry Favor With Tennessee Legislators

Special Interest Groups Spend Approximately $60 Million A Year In An Effort To Curry Favor With Tennessee Legislators. That’s Almost A Third Of A Billion Dollars Over The Past Five Years. And All Of This Is Absolutely Legal.

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“Economic Expansion” Results In Billions Of Dollars In Infrastructure Needs

Tennessee Has $61.9 Billion In Infrastructure Needs Across The State, According To A Report Presented On Tuesday From The Tennessee Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR).

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Neither Man Nor Government Can Take Away Our Choices

As We Watch The Unraveling Of Our Country, We Are Barraged By Emotions Ranging From Horror To Sorrow, Anger To Helplessness. We Don’t Know Whether To Hold Onto Hope Or Succumb To Being Backed Into The Corner Of ‘Comply Or Else.’ My Friends, We Have The Power, Ability And Privilege Of Making Choices. That Is Something Endowed To Us By Our Creator. Making Choices Is One Of The Inalienable Rights Of Our Heritage, Both As Human Beings And As Americans. The Thing About Inalienable Rights Is That They Are, By Definition, Non-Transferable, Non-Negotiable, Unchallengeable And Absolute. In Other Words, Being Backed Into A Corner Is A Personal Choice.

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TN Approves $65M Incentive For Oracle’s Nashville Project

The Tennessee Comptroller State Funding Board Has Approved $65 Million In FastTrack Grants For Oracle’s New Nashville Campus.

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