Tag: rate

Tennessee Unemployment Rate Rises In 93 Of 95 Counties

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 […]

Feminists are to blame for the falling birth rate

WELL, you know things are serious when a Times columnist ends his piece quoting Pope Francis. Very serious indeed. Sebastian Payne, director of conservative think tank Onwards, wades into the fertility debate that is certainly gaining steam. In his piece pointing out the usual barriers to couples having children, including housing, the graduate tax, lack of IVF and […]

Tennessee Graduation Rate At Nearly 90% For 2021-22 School Year

Image Credit: Office of the Tennessee Comptroller The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee reported an 89.8% graduation rate and an 8.6% dropout rate in a new report with updated numbers from the 2021-22 school year from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. The Comptroller’s Office of Research and Education Accountability is required to produce the […]