Tennessee Conservative
A More Rapid Economic Growth That All State Residents Benefit From Would Likely Help Reduce The Share Of Residents Living Below The Poverty Line, Which, At 13.9%, Is Among The 10 Highest State Poverty Rates.
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Federal Supplemental Unemployment Payments Began As A Bipartisan Measure To Remedy The Hardships Of COVID-19 Last Year, But As Businesses Across The Country Struggle To Find Workers, It Is Turning Into A Political Battle.
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Sesé industrial Services Has Announced They Will Open New Operations In Chattanooga. This Manufacturing Plant Will Assemble Axle Components For Volkswagen Chattanooga’s (VW) Electric Atlas And SUV.
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The Share Of Tennesseans Living In Prosperous Zip Codes Stands At 17.9%, The 10th-Lowest Percentage In The United States And D.C.
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Harbor Freight Tools Has Announced That It Will Be Opening A New Store In Kimball, TN. Hiring To Begin For 25 – 30 New Jobs In The Community.
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If The Bill Passes Both Chambers, It Would Place A Four-Year Moratorium On New Permits For Hydraulic Fracturing To Extract Natural Gas Or Oil, Costing The State Billions Of Dollars In Revenue And Thousands Of Jobs.
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In all pathways, the vast majority of mines and all coal power plants shutter by 2030, although the coal export business will live on. The ranks of 600,000 natural gas workers fall by more than two-thirds by 2050 in most scenarios. To compensate, the Biden administration pledges that the energy transition will create “millions” of green jobs, but most new jobs will be in the construction of wind and solar farms, which is temporary work and often not in the same regions that provide fossil fuel employment. The pay is significantly lower, too. The median wage for a solar installer is about $45,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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With His Mocking Of The Death of Rush Limbaugh, His Support Of UnifiED & The Moving Of His Car Dealership From Chattanooga To East Ridge For Personal Gain, It Appears Mayoral Candidate Tim Kelly May Not Be Looking Out For The Best Interests Of Chattanooga & Its Citizens.
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Amazon Plans To Build A New Fulfillment Center In Alcoa, Tennessee. Anticipated To Launch In 2022, The Facility Will Create Nearly 800 New Jobs. Since 2015, Tennessee Has Provided Amazon With Fast Track Grants In Excess Of $7 Million.
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Communities need contributions from everyone, including people with criminal records. Pushing returning citizens onto the sidelines creates a hole in the economy, while robbing willing workers of the dignity that comes with honest employment. The new year represents an opportunity to learn from the past and move forward. People with criminal records deserve the same opportunity. They did the crime, and they did the time. Now they need a chance at redemption.
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