Tennessee Conservative
The Share Of Tennessee Small Businesses Still Closed Compared To January 2020, Just Prior To The Onset Of The Pandemic, Stands At 24.4 Percent, The Sixth Lowest Percentage Among 45 States Examined.
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Retail Sales In The U.S. Could Rise Between 6.5% And 8.2% To More Than $4.3 Trillion This Year As More People Get The COVID-19 Vaccine And The Economy Reopens, According To The National Retail Federation.
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Court Dockets Across Tennessee Have Been Stalled For Months, And It Could Be Several More Months Before They Return To Normal. Even Though The Tennessee Supreme Court Was Able To Relieve Some COVID Restrictions After A Recent Decline In Cases, It Could Still Take Months For The Court System To Get Back On A Normal Schedule.
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Hamilton County Health Department has added 3,134 second dose Pfizer appointments to schedule from February 21-24 at Tennessee Riverpark & CARTA Bus Barn. Health Officials Warn Of Active Cases Still Being Transmitted, Long-Term COVID complications, & That Mask-Wearing, Safety Protocols Should Still Continue Even After A Person Has Been Vaccinated.
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Congressional Republicans and Biden don’t see eye to eye on Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 related relief. Lawmakers are understandably reluctant to saddle each household with nearly $15,000 in added debt during a uniquely difficult time in U.S. history. Perhaps if lawmakers allowed the first allocation of funding to run its course, there wouldn’t be the need for additional funding.
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The National Park Service Has Implemented A Mask Mandate For All Employees And Visitors Of National Parks, In Line With Biden’s Executive Order Mandating Masks On Federal Properties.
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Newsom’s Approval Rating Drops After Unfavorable Pandemic Response Including Poor Handling Of Vaccine Rollout, Continued Ban On Indoor Worship Services, Continued School Shutdowns, Record-High Unemployment And First In Recorded History Population Decline In California.
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The Majority Of U.S. Cities Were Ill-Prepared For Any Financial Crisis Last Year, Let Alone The One Brought About By Their Respective State Shutdowns In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic, A New Report By The Nonprofit Truth In Accounting Concludes.
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Since the school shutdowns began due to the pandemic, learning loss and literacy in children have become hot topics in Tennessee. Reaching for Academic Excellence and Accountability for Teachers has fallen to the wayside, leaving children’s education and futures in question. Many frustrated citizens feel the edicts issued from State and Local Levels are putting children in more danger than the virus ever could. In this interview with Hamilton County School Board District 1 Representative, Rhonda Thurman, we discuss these topics, along with the ineffectiveness of remote learning, actual educational costs, school budgets, school choice and more.
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