Tennessee Conservative
Nearly $5 Million In Taxpayer Subsidies For In-N-Out Burger, $200 Million To Move The Tennessee Performing Arts Center And Large Property Tax Increases Were All Included In Beacon Center’s Annual Pork Report On Wasteful Taxpayer Spending In The State.
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Many Who Have Opposed The Spending Spree The Federal Government Embarked On In The Name Of COVID Say That The Reliance On Federal Dollars Is Exactly The Goal And Now The Issues Of Disentangling Tennessee State Systems From Such A Burden Will Be Time Consuming And Very Likely, Hurt Much More Than They Helped.
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Democrat Lawmakers And Many Of Tennessee’s School Districts Are Not In Favor Of Sexton And McNally’s Task Force That Aims To Study The Impact That Rejecting Federal Funding Might Have On The State’s Education System. Why The Opposition? Get Ready To Follow The Money.
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The Johnson City School Board Voted Unanimously To Approve A Proposal, Pending Budget Approval, That Will Allow The District To Add 16 Masters-Level Full-Time Therapists For The District’s 11 Brick And Mortar Schools, Doubling The Current Spending On Mental Health.
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An Audit Of Dickson County Schools Found Director Of Schools Danny Weeks Received $13,700 In Compensation As Part Of A Federal Grant That Was Not Part Of His Contract.
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In Their 2022 “Pork Report,” The Beacon Center Of Tennessee Says That $1 Million Plus Of Tennessee Tax Dollars Goes To Funding Lobbying Efforts At The State Legislature Every Year.
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More And More Federally Funded, Controversial Projects That Came As Part Of Pandemic-Relief Spending Passed By Congress Are Coming To Light, And Few Of Them Do Not Have Anything To Do With The Virus.
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Maury County Public Schools Began Mental Health Assessments On Children As Young As 8 Years Old Without First Getting Permission From Parents.
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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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1) Critics Say Republican Majority In General Assembly Slow To Address Anti-White Crisis At Publicly Funded University
2) City of Nashville To Give Tax Breaks To Companies Who Cover Out Of State Abortion Expenses For Employees
3) Nashville All-Girls School Pauses Gender Diversity Policy To Admit Boys Who Identify As Girls
4) Latest ESSER Surveys Ask Stakeholders To Rank How Important Mental Health Services Are In Schools
5) East TN State University Requests Blanket Authority To Mandate Vaccines For Future Outbreaks
6) Report Questions Tennessee Public School’s Spending Of $3.5B In Pandemic Relief Funds
7) Chattanooga Requests Coordination With Bus Company Dropping Off Immigrants So The City Can Accommodate Their Needs
