Tennessee Conservative
Despite Talks Over The Last Few Months About Upgraded Systems And Rate Increases For Customers In An Effort To “Ensure The Region Has The Energy It Needs To Meet Growing Demand”, The Tennessee Valley Authority Proved Unable To Keep Up With The State’s Power Demands During Recent Extreme Winter Conditions.
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Constitutional Conservative Groups Across East Tennessee Have Come Together To Create The Tennessee Constitutional Grassroots Coalition. This Newly Formed Coalition Currently Represents 12 Counties In East Tennessee Embodying More Than 9,500 Tennessee Residents.
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An East Tennessee Site That Has Been Contaminated For About 50 Years With Radioactive Waste Is Set To Be Cleaned Up With About $13.5 Million In State And Federal Funding.
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Senate Speaker And Lt. Gov. Randy McNally Confirmed He Plans To Run For Re-Election To The Post In 2024, Guaranteeing He Wants To Finish This Four-Year Term In Office.
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Tennessee Has The 37th Highest Property Tax Rate On Owner-Occupied Property In The Country, According To A New Report From The Tax Foundation.
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Speaking To The Anderson County Commission, A Colleague Evoked Shock And Awe Among The County Government Officials By Simply Displaying Some Vulgar Pictures From Library Books While Contrasting Those With The Nearly-Banned Books Of Our Beloved Dr. Seuss. While Most Commissioners And Some Citizens Spoke Passionately About How The Process Of Reconsideration Should Not Have Been Circumvented By Bringing The Issue Of Books To The Commission Meeting, Ironically Early The Next Morning The Commissioner Who Is Chairman Of The Library Board, Removed Some Of The Offending Books From The Library, Bypassing The Touted Reconsideration “Process” Himself.
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Amid Statewide Complaints About Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law, Legislative Republicans Are Likely To Butt Heads Over Efforts To Tweak The Measure In 2023.
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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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Ten Million In Federal Grant Money Is Up For Grabs In Tennessee For Increased Mental Health Services. The Tennessee Department Of Education Opened Up The Application Process For The Resilient School Communities Grant Last Month With This Thursday Being The Final Day To Apply.
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According To The 2021 Drug-Related Death Report For Knox And Anderson Counties, Produced By The Knox County Regional Forensic Center, The Number Of Overdose Deaths In Knox County Increased By 29% And By 67% In Anderson County Last Year. These Percentages Are On Top Of A 41% Increase In Knox County In 2020 And A 81% Increase In Anderson County The Same Year.
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