Carter County Residents Stand Up Against Ballad Healthcare Monopoly, Media Ignores Their Testimony

Local Residents Stood Up To Testify Against The Ballad Healthcare Monopoly In East Tennessee At A Recent Meeting Of The Carter County Commission But Their Testimony Was Widely Ignored By Local Media In Favor Of The Healthcare Group.

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Blount County Residents Make Amends [Op-Ed]

Parents And Community Members Quickly Realized We Had Been Apathetic In Protecting The Interests Of Our Students And Community In And Around The Spring Of 2021. Small Groups Were Forming, And Those Seeking Truth And Community Found Affirmation Among Them.
Residents Were Passive And Guilty Of Believing We Were Beyond The Reach Of The Neo-Liberal Agenda And Propaganda. We Didn’t Make Time To Exercise Our Civic Duty. Some Of Us Didn’t Comprehend The Consequences Of Our Quiescence. We Are Making Amends For Our Naiveté At The Polls And Will Continue To In 2024.

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Tennessee Residents Have Received $81.9M In FEMA Pandemic Funeral Assistance

Tennessee Residents Have Received $81.9 Million In Funeral Expense Assistance Through Covid-19 Funeral Reimbursements From The Federal Emergency Management Agency. Just Short Of Half Of Those Payments Were Made This Year. As Of January, FEMA Had Sent Tennessee $47 Million In Assistance.

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Nashville Federal Emergency Declaration For Bombing Expected; Investigation For Motive Continues

After Speaking With President Trump, Governor Lee Expects The Federal Emergency Disaster Designation He Requested After The Nashville Bombing To Be Approved.

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Residents Express Concern Over City’s Choices For Continued COVID Funding

Concerns that the new allocations are being given to places that have already received significant support and funding from other relief sources, grants and from donors. While smaller businesses and non-profits are being overlooked.

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