Image Credit: @MarshaBlackburn / X & @VoteGloriaJ / X & Canva By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – A new poll of Tennessee voters by the conservative-leaning Beacon Center finds Senator Marsha Blackburn with a 16-point lead over challenger state Rep. Gloria Johnson, the Knoxville Democrat who entered the race after gaining national attention […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Right on Transparency coalition is asking five states to stop restricting public records requests based on residency. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Tennessee and Virginia all are known to restrict records requests based upon residency. The coalition has published model policy to change those laws. “Barring […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A joint working group on Tennessee certificate of need reform has recommended a continued rollback or restrictions and changes to the process of approving new and expanded health care facilities and services in the state. CON laws were mandated by the federal government in 1972 […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Beacon Center filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor over its Independent Contractor Rule on behalf of a pair of Nashville-based freelance journalists. The new rule will begin using a six-factor test to determine independent workers’ legal protections and compensation starting March […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s budget proposal includes a $410 million annual tax cut that includes $1.2 billion in one-time costs. Overall, the budget proposal is for $52.6 billion with $25.4 billion from the state and $19.8 billion from federal funds. The […]
Image Credit: Erik Mclean / Pexels The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee has committed to hand out $17.9 million in grants for the development of 12 sites in order to prepare those sites for potential businesses. The grants are part of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s Site Development Grant program, […]
Image Credit: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury / YouTube The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A Tennessee bill would cap property tax increases in the state at 2% plus inflation each year and 6% plus inflation over a three-year span. A higher percentage increase in property tax rates would require a referendum. Beacon Center […]
Second in a series of reports Image Credit: Skyler Ewing / Pexels By David Seal [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – Religious beliefs and gender-based ideology are contributing to the exodus. When it comes to religion, parents are generally divided between two groups, the group that wants Christian values and organized prayer back in classrooms, […]
ANALYSIS: DEI commitment includes a recent $17 million faculty initiative, ‘identity centers,’ and more. Image Credit: Vanderbilt University / Facebook By Maggie Kelly [Assistant Editor, The College Fix] – Vanderbilt University employs more than one full-time administrator for every two students, a College Fix analysis found. During the 2021-22 academic year, the most recent for […]
First in a series of reports Image Credit: Skyler Ewing / Pexels By David Seal [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – A tidal wave is under way. Students and teachers are leaving public education for a variety of reasons, a symptom of widespread discontent that is fueling the demand for public education money to follow […]
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