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A Bill That Would Ultimately Take $54 Million Worth Of Annual Sports Gambling Taxes And Spend It On Child Care Scholarships Passed A Senate Committee Despite The Objection Of Two Republican Lawmakers Who Believe Funding Child Care Is Beyond The Scope Of Government.
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Tennessee Ranks In The Bottom Half Of States In Terms Of Best Places To Raise A Family, According To A Recently Released Report.
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The Ordeal At Chattanooga’s La Casa De Sidney With Unaccompanied Alien Minors Led To A Bill Being Passed This Year By Republican Sen. Dawn White Of Murfreesboro And Republican Rep. Dan Howell Of Cleveland Setting New Reporting Requirements For Child-Care Facilities.
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Tennessee Residents Eligible For The Child Care Certificate Program Are Getting A 10% Increase In Benefits.
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President Joe Biden’s Latest Budget Proposal Fits The Model Of His Other Plans With Higher Taxes And A Spike In Federal Spending. But The New Plan Has Drawn Opposition Just As His Earlier Spending Proposals Have.
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The Tennessee Department Of Human Services Child Care Services Program Will Conduct Two Virtual Public Hearings To Collect Public Comments On The Proposed Child Care And Development Fund Plan.
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Tennessee’s New Senate Bill Would Provide Essential Workers More Protections And Hazard Pay In The Event Of A Pandemic, But Many Residents Have Expressed Worry Over What Else It Could Do. There Are Concerns That The Bill Could Interfere With Established Small Businesses By Adding More Restrictions.
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1) Governor Lee “Sorta, Kinda” Speaks Out Against Vaccine Passports
2) Tennessee Offering Additional Pandemic Support to Child Care Agencies
3) Gov. Lee Hosting Newt Gingrich And Conservative Policy Leaders
4) Texas Joins Growing List Of States To Ban ‘Vaccine Passports’
5) Arizona Republicans Push Democrat Senator To Hold Filibuster Line
6) Chattanooga Area Schools Receive Over Thirty Thousand In STEM Grants
The U.S. House Of Representatives Ratified Changes The Senate Made To A Massive $1.9 Trillion Relief Package That Critics Say Contains Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In Wasteful Spending Unrelated To The COVID-19 Pandemic. The Measure Now Goes To Biden, Who Said He Will Sign It.
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For Some Special Interests, A Fading Coronavirus Pandemic Poses A Problem, But Not Always An Insurmountable One. The Changes Made Due To The Pandemic Have Long Been On The Policy Wish Lists Of Advocates, They Evoke Words Widely Attributed To Winston Churchill: “Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste.” Or As A Headline This Week Might Sum Up A New Urgency: “The U.S. Is Edging Toward Normal, Alarming Some Officials.”
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