Image: Galveston County Sheriff’s Office Border Security Response Team deputies apprehend illegal border crossers in Kinney County, Texas. Image Credit: Galveston County Sheriff’s Office By Bethany Blankley [The Center Square contributor] – Three years ago this April, a small border county took a stand to defend its few thousand residents after they were inundated by […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Ninety-three of the 95 counties in Tennessee had unemployment rates rise in January. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development said the increase comes due to the end of some holiday employment. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went up to 3.5% in January while […]
A total solar eclipse will happen on April 8. Two counties in Texas have issued a disaster declaration as officials prepare for the influx of people expected to come and observe the event. On Friday, Travis County (Austin) took what is described as a drastic measure in preparation for the crowds of stargazers coming to […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Unemployment rates dropped in 92 of Tennessee’s 95 counties in December. Overall, the seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate sits at 3.5% while the national rate is at 3.7%. That meant that Tennessee’s rate remained between 3.1% and 3.5% throughout 2023. The lowest rates in the […]
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: Luigi’s Pizza North Clarksville / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Three more counties were added to an emergency disaster declaration related to tornadoes that swept through Tennessee on Dec. 9. The Federal Emergency Management Agency added Cheatham, Gibson and Stewart counties to the Expedited Major Disaster Declaration originally approved Dec. […]
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