Tennessee Conservative
WSCC What Is It? How Does It Affect Our Lives? How Does It Affect Our Children’s Lives? Who Runs It? Who Funds It? All Questions I Asked Myself At The Onset Of This Story And The Answers Are Unfortunately Not Good For The Future Of Tennesseans Or Public (Government) Schools, But The Ending Has Not Yet Been Set.
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Washington County’s Budget Committee Has Recommended An Increase In The County’s Property Tax Rate.
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The Efforts Of Some Tennessee Lawmakers To Cap Property Taxes Have Been Repeatedly Stalled As Property Tax Increases Continue To Be Proposed By Local Governments Throughout The State.
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The Tri-Cities Have Experienced A Record Increase In Growth For The Second Year In A Row, Following Several Years Of Increase At A Much Slower Rate.
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Tennessee Announced Another $162.7 Million In Broadband And Digital Grants Recently. That Makes $715 Million That The Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development Has Awarded In Recent Years.
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The Washington County Commission Voted To Not Hear A Resolution That Aimed To Offer Support For The “Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act.”
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Constitutional Conservative Groups Across East Tennessee Have Come Together To Create The Tennessee Constitutional Grassroots Coalition. This Newly Formed Coalition Currently Represents 12 Counties In East Tennessee Embodying More Than 9,500 Tennessee Residents.
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Washington County Has Entered Into A Poor Settlement Agreement. This Agreement Does Not Serve The County Nor Its Citizens Well. The County Has Been Far Too Lenient By Allowing Additional Years For The Facility To Continue Operation And The Waiving Of Significant Penalties In Doing So. The County Is Also ‘Passing The Buck’ By Potentially Allowing The Facility To Relocate To Jonesborough Or Johnson City.
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In Most Of Tennessee, The Dispensing Rate Of Opioids Was Significantly Higher Than The National Average. Tennessee’s Average Dispense Rate Was 68.5 Per 100 People, Compared To 43.3 Nationally.
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Tennessee Has The 37th Highest Property Tax Rate On Owner-Occupied Property In The Country, According To A New Report From The Tax Foundation.
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