U.S. Treasury Secretary Says Recession Is Not Inevitable, CEOs Say It’s On The Way
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says That A Recession Is Not Inevitable, Comments That Have Been Met With Skepticism By Business Leaders.
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Nashville Could Commission $200K Study On Titan’s Stadium Lease Obligations
Nashville Will Consider Spending $200,000 On A “Stadium Study” To Evaluate The Tennessee Titans’ Claim That The City Would Owe $1.839 Billion Under The Terms Of The Team’s Current Lease If Nissan Stadium In Nashville Was Renovated Instead Of Having A New Estimated $2.2 Billion Stadium Built.
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Americans Expect More Inflation, Not Confident In Economy
Americans Expect Inflation To Get Worse And Are Not Confident In The U.S. Economy, According To A New Survey.
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Study Shows Antitrust Legislation Could Cost U.S. Economy $319B
Proposed Legislation In Congress That Would Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement Could Cost The U.S. Economy More Than $319 Billion If Enacted, According To A Recent Economic Study.
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State Pre-K Detrimental To Kids Says Vanderbilt Study
Researchers At Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College Collected Data On Almost 3 Thousand Low-Income Children In Tennessee For More Than A Decade Only To Find That Attending The State’s Voluntary Pre-K Program Resulted In Negative Effects By Third Grade That Continued To Get Worse Over The Following Three Years.
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Bill Looks To Divert Money To TN Pre-K Program, But Lawmakers Question Effectiveness
A Bill To Redirect Some Of The Taxes Collected From Sports Betting In Tennessee To Fund The State’s Voluntary Pre-K Education Program Narrowly Passed A Senate Committee This Week After Its Companion Bill Passed A House Committee.
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Study Finds TN Reconnect College Grant Increases Degree Attainment But Participation Is Declining
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Of Research And Education Accountability (OREA) Has Released A Comprehensive Evaluation Of The Tennessee Reconnect Grant Program. The Report Finds That Program Participants Earned Degrees At Slightly Higher Rates Than Similar Students, But That A Decreasing Amount Of Tennesseans Are Applying For And Participating In The Program.
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New Study Confirms That Federal Unemployment Benefits Kept Millions From Returning To Work
Increased Federal Benefits Last Year Perpetuated Unemployment And Kept Millions Of Americans From Returning To The Workforce, A New Study Released Wednesday Reports.
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Study Highlights High Costs, Limited Benefits Of Government Pandemic Restrictions
An Analysis From Johns Hopkins University Found Government Restrictions Intended To Slow The Spread Of Covid-19 Came With High Economic And Social Costs And Limited Public Health Benefits.
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Growing Research Chronicles Toll Pandemic Lockdowns Imposed On Children
A Growing Body Of Academic Research Is Chronicling The Toll That Pandemic Lockdowns Imposed On Children, Indicating That The Mental And Social Anguish The Policies Caused Outweigh The Health Protections.
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