Approval of the creation of a commission to oversee development of Nashville’s East Bank has been slowed in the legislature. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Legislation to create a special authority to oversee the 130-acre East Bank area surrounding the Titans stadium in Nashville could be reaching […]
***Update 2.27.24 – The article has been updated with relevant legislation being considered in the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly.*** Image Credit: Blake Wylie / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes, Kelly M. Jackson & Jason Vaughn] – Foreward While Republican leadership takes to social media and the campaign trail, pledging their promises to combat […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] – In the form of a 7-page amendment to a caption bill, the language for Governor Lee’s “Education Freedom Scholarship Act” has been revealed. Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) filed House Bill 2468 (HB2468) on January 30th of this year as a […]
Image Credit: U.S. Customs & Border Protection / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – Tennessee lawmakers and citizens are becoming increasingly aware of the issue of illegal immigration within the state. With the release of a notice sent to the City of Franklin from the Department of Homeland Security informing the city that […]
Image Credit: Federation for American Immigration Reform & IcedLake / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – According to the US Department of Homeland Security, upwards of 600 immigrants from the Southwest Border have cited Middle Tennessee as their intended destination when questioned during processing. A notice was received by the City of Franklin […]
Image Credit: Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee saw some of the largest learning recovery from pandemic conditions, according to a study from the Harvard Center for Education Policy Research. The state saw achievement fall 50% of a grade equivalent in math and 39% in reading […]
Image Credit: Google Maps The Tennessee Conservative Staff – According to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, parents who are plaintiffs in a previously brought lawsuit regarding school vouchers can sue the state and the governor over the state’s Education Savings Account (ESA) program. The Court’s three-judge panel decided that the original plaintiffs in McEwen v. […]
Image Credit: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Nearly 200,000 debt collection cases were filed in Shelby County and 112,000 in Davidson County between January 2016 through March 2023, according to data from Sycamore Institute. The nonpartisan public policy institute looked at the number and type of debt […]
Image Credit: RDNE Stock project / Pexels The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee students in a pilot educational savings account program in three counties are receiving $9,800 – the average statewide funding per public school student – this year. That’s higher than the $7,075 first-year number in a proposed statewide ESA program and […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – Tennessee’s State of the Child 2023 report finds crime among minors within the state is in decline, but especially in Shelby and Davidson counties. The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY) releases a report every year that assesses the well-being of the state’s children […]
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