Blackburn: For Tennesseans, Military Appreciation Starts At Home

While Biden Is Willing To Dole Out Trillions For Energy Efficient Cars And Blue State Bailouts, His Priorities Sideline Much Needed Defense Spending. Rather Than Providing Adequate Funding For Both Readiness And Modernization, Biden Is Pushing Military Leaders To Make The Tough Choices For Him. Without The Ability To Maintain Our Defense Capabilities, Our Troops Will Be At A Clear Disadvantage.

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What Can Government Do To Help The Poor?

Government Has A Poor Track Record Of Directing Assistance To The Poor. Even Before COVID-19, The Federal Government Spent More Than $4 Trillion Per Year. Only A Small Fraction Of That, However, Was Allocated To Those In Poverty. There Is A Wide Range Of Federal, State And Local Programs That Actively Harm The Poor That Should Be Reformed. Rather Than Asking The Government To Create New Programs To Help The Poor, Something It Has A Rather Poor Track Record Of Achieving, Let’s First Ask It To Stop Doing Things We Know Actively Hurt The Poor. Yes, Government Can Do Something To Help The Poor. It Should Get Out Of The Way.

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Tennessee Netted $269M In Benefits Through Pandemic Meal Program For Children

Pandemic-related Benefits Issued To Tennessee Low-income Households Through Electronic Cards Issued By The Federal Food And Nutrition Service Totaled $269,367,286 During Fiscal Year 2020.

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Cutting Health Care Budgets Will Make Recession Worse For Working Women – And Everyone Else Too

One Of The Biggest Challenges We Have In Politics & Public Policy Is That People Work On A Narrow Range Of Issues Or Even Just One Issue. Reporters Have Beats, Lawmakers Have Committee Assignments. Subject Matter Experts Usually Work In Just One Discipline. Interest Groups Have, Well, Their, Interests. When The Champions Of A Single Issue Pursue Their Own Interests To The Exclusion Of Everything Else, Specialization Becomes The Enemy Of Good Policy.

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Attorneys Ask TN Supreme Court To Allow State To Prepare For Possible Launch Of School-Choice Program

Attorneys Representing Families And Schools That Stand To Benefit From School-Choice Program Are Asking The Tennessee Supreme Court To Allow The State To Accept & Process Applications For The Program As Court Proceedings Continue.

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Constitutionality Of School-Choice Program Case To Be Heard By Tennessee Supreme Court

Tennessee Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Regarding the Constitutionality Of School-Choice Program That Would Provide State-Funded Scholarships To Low-Income Families For Educational Use, Including Attending Private Schools Of Their Choice.

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Biden Isn’t Focused On Charter Schools, But He Should Be

Education Reformers Have Long Championed Charter Schools As A Way To Close Race- And Income-related Education Gaps. An Abundance Of Research Pointed To Their Success, The Case For Expanding Charter School Education Couldn’t Be Clearer. This Is Not The Time To Adopt A Neutral Approach To Charter Schools. The Biden Administration Has The Foundation For An Extraordinary Education Solution Before Them, One That Would, In Turn, Assist Some Of Their Most Important Goals. To Eliminate Race- And Income-Related Education Gaps And Boost Our Economy, We Must Invest In America’s Charter Schools.

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$100M Literacy Initiative Will Give Tennessee School Districts Autonomy

A New Literacy Initiative By The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) Will Give School Districts And Educators Flexibility And Autonomy, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn Said.

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Is The Lack Of Affordable Housing In Chattanooga The Primary Driver For Homelessness?

“The common denominator with this issue that we are faced with is the monopolization of the rental market in Chattanooga by Property Management companies, LLCs and the demanding requirements that low-income individuals cannot meet.”

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