Tennessee Conservative
As Tennessee Lawmakers Continue To Examine Reforms In The Criminal Justice System, Two Recently Released Reports Showed That The State Is Not Collecting The Proper Data To Evaluate The Fines And Fees Collected From Its Court System.
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The Tennessee State Funding Board Was Told Wednesday Inflation Will Continue To Rise Quickly, Sales Tax Revenue Cannot Continue At Its Current Trend And The State Should Remain Conservative In Its Revenue Estimates.
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A New Sycamore Institute Report Shows Mental Health Issues And Drug Overdoses Had Increased In Tennessee Before The Covid-19 Pandemic, And Those Issues Have Multiplied Over The Past 20 Months.
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As Tennessee Begins Looking At Revamping Its Basic Education Program (BEP) To Fund Public Schools, One Factor Looming In The Discussion Of A New Funding Formula Is Teacher Pay.
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Tennessee’s Revenue Collection Continues To Exceed The State’s Budgeted Expectations.
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As Tennessee’s TennCare III Medicaid Block Grant Sits In A Public Comment Period, The Vanderbilt University Department Of Health Policy And School Of Medicine Hosted A Panel Discussion On How The First-Of-Its-Kind Grant Would Affect Tennessee Residents.
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How Is Tennessee’s Economy Doing? A Lot Of It Is Doing Well When Compared To The COVID-19 Lows On Many Economic Indicators Such As Employment But Other Items Are Troubling, Such As There Being 40% Fewer Small Businesses In Tennessee.
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The State Of Tennessee Brought In $1.6 Billion In Tax Revenue In May, Which Was 38% More Than The Budgeted Estimate.
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A Court In Hamilton County Has Set Up A New Program That Will Allow Those With Unpaid Medical Bills To Negotiate Online Instead Of In A Courtroom. The Pilot Program, Online Medical Debt Resolution, Was Created To Resolve Medical Debt Before A Court Filing.
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A New Report From The Sycamore Institute Shows Tennessee Collects Nearly $38 Million Annually In Fines And Fees Through The Criminal Justice System, While County Governments Are Collecting A Shrinking Amount In Fines And Fees.
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