Tennessee Expected To Collect $3B More Than Budgeted In Sales Tax, Fees This Fiscal Year
Tennessee Is Expected To See A Continued Increase In Sales Tax And Fees Collections, According To The State’s Fiscal Review Committee.
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Lawmakers Approve $8M More For Education Contract Amid Commissioner’s Potential Conflict
The Tennessee Legislature’s Fiscal Review Committee Extended A Contract Tuesday To $16 Million With New York-Based TNTP Inc. Despite A Potential Conflict Of Interest For The State’s Education Commissioner.
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Lawmakers Delve Into No-Bid Contracts With Eye On McKinsey Deal
State Lawmakers Are Taking A Tougher Stance On Sole-Source Contracts, Asking Hard Questions Of State Agencies And Homing In On Deals The State Signed With Mckinsey & Co.
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State Expects Chattanooga Illegal Alien Shelter’s License To Be Suspended Into Fall
The Closed Chattanooga Shelter Was The Focus For Much Of The TN Legislature’s Study Committee On Refugee Issues Meeting. TN Suspended The Baptiste Group’s License To Operate The Shelter After A Sexual Battery Arrest…
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Legislators Seek Answers Regarding Billions of Dollars In No-Bid Contracts
Lawmakers Are Questioning Billions Of Dollars Of Deals That The State Made After Lee’s Executive Order In Response To The Pandemic Gave Departments Permission To Enter Into Contracts Without Taking Bids.
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Study Committee Seeks Answers To Illegal Immigration In TN
On Tuesday July 15, 10AM CST, The Joint Study Committee On Refugee Issues Met Live For The Second Time In The Cordell Hull Building In Nashville, TN. They Heard Presentations From The Governor’s Office, Department Of Children’s Services And The Fiscal Review Committee.
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TN Spends Nearly $4M Per Year To Educate Unaccompanied Alien Minors
Tennessee Has Spent Nearly $60 Million Over 15 Years Educating Children Who Entered The State As Unaccompanied Minors, According To The State’s Fiscal Review Committee Estimates.
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TN Refugee Study Committee Outlines Mission Statement & Agenda
On Friday 10AM CST, The Joint Study Committee On Refugee Issues Gathered For Their Introductory Meeting In The Cordell Hull Building In Nashville, TN To Outline Their Mission Statement And To Prepare Their Agenda.
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Tennessee General Assembly Approves $1 Million for Coal Industry
TN Legislators Passed A Bill That Will Allow The State To Regain Control Of A Coal Industry That Has Been Seriously Lacking In Production In Recent Years. Initial Agreements Showed That Oversight Of The Industry Would Come At No Cost To The State, But The New Bill Will Leave Tennessee Paying Nearly $1 Million Per Year.
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