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Master Plan To Destroy Democracy (Op-Ed By Thomas Antkow)

Share the plan to expose the Architects. “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right… and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and […]

Tennessee Awards Nearly $18M In Site Development Grants

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, […]

New Tennessee Education Commissioner Recommends Extension Of Literacy Training Contract Born Out Of Nepotism

Image: Tennessee Education Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds Image Credit: TNDeptofEducation / YouTube The Tennessee Conservative [by Adelia Kirchner] – Tennessee’s new Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds is recommending that the state keep its contract with a New York-based literacy training group despite the contract’s nepotistic origins.  Back in December of 2021, the state legislature’s Fiscal Review […]

Unmasking The Hidden Tentacles Of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying In Tennessee

Image Credit: cmh2315fl / CC & SuicideOmen / CC By Rob Mitchell [Rutherford County Assessor of Property] – The Erosion of Democracy: Tennessee’s democratic foundation is crumbling beneath the insidious practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying. This shadowy network, fueled by our own dollars, undermines the very principles we hold dear: free speech, fair representation, and transparent […]

Citizens Ask State Election Commission And Williamson County Board Of Commissioners To Replace Biased Election Commissioners

Image Credit: Williamson County Television / YouTube Submitted by Frank Limpus [Tennessee Voters for Election Integrity] – On the heels of taking their concerns last month to the Tennessee State Election Commission (SEC), a group of Williamson County citizens last night asked the Williamson County Board of Commissioners to appoint new, more ethical, unbiased commissioners […]

Custom Foods Of America Gets $1.5M, NewBasis $900K In TNECD Incentives

Image Credit: Erik Mclean / Unsplash The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Custom Foods of America in Knoxville will receive a $1.5 million incentive while NewBasis in Lebanon will get $900,000 from Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development as more than $10 million in incentives were approved unanimously without board discussion at Thursday’s […]

Axle Logistics Gets $5M, Vonore Fiber Products $2.25M From TNECD

Image Credit: Axle Logistics / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development is giving Axle Logistics a $5 million incentive for its $37.9 million expansion in Knoxville. The company said it plans to add 651 jobs over the next five years. The company expects to build an […]