Tennessee Conservative
An Audit From The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Found That Dyer County Schools Gave More Than $60,000 In Ineligible Bonuses To Administrators Out Of Federal Pandemic Grant Funds. The School District, Meanwhile, Contends That The Bonuses Were Approved By The State Department Of Education During The Grant Process.
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Tennessee Is Taking Steps To Ensure That Private Schools Get The Opportunity To Receive Nearly $60 Million In Unused Federal Covid Relief Funds Set Aside For Them In 2021.
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Following A Consistent Nearly Year-Long Effort By A Nashville Grassroots Group Pushing For A Large Homeless Encampment To Be Cleaned Up, An Announcement Has Finally Arrived That The Encampment Will Be The First In The Area Prioritized For Intervention.
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Tennessee Plans To Spend $102 Million Of Its $3.7 Billion American Rescue Plan Allocation On A Learning Loss Intervention Program For Tennessee Students. It Was Recommended That The $25.5 Million Annual Total Of State Funds “Be Re-Invested Into New Educational Expenses Incurred.”
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Top Republicans In The U.S. House Are Pursuing An Investigation Into Reports That Federal Tax Dollars Designated For Covid-Related Learning Loss Were Spent To Promote “Equity Warriors,” Critical Race Theory Programming And More At Local Schools.
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Six Tennessee Counties Are Receiving Federal Grants That Add Up To Nearly $38 Million For Water Infrastructure.
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The Chattanooga City Council Unanimously Approved The Use Of $60,000 In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds To Help Rapidly Rehouse Up To 100 Residents Currently Experiencing Homelessness.
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Public Schools In Tennessee Will Receive Over $4.5 Billion In Federal Money By Fall Of 2023. According To Sources, Tennessee Is Heavily Investing American Rescue Plan ESSER Funds In Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs Under The Guise Of Students’ Mental Health.
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U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty Has Filed An Amendment To Democrats’ Tax-Increase Legislation To Strike The Provision Inserted By The Biden Administration That Requires Third-Party Payment Platforms To Report Businesses’ Gross Transaction Volumes Totaling More Than $600 To The IRS.
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Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger Is Ready To Tap Into County Reserves Or Use Federal Stimulus Money To Fund A New Stadium For The Chattanooga Lookouts. Beacon Center Of Tennessee Spokesman, Mark Cunningham, Says That The Plan Is A “Handout To Well-Connected Millionaires At The Expense Of Taxpayers.”
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