Tag: Tennessee

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 […]

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 […]

85% of Conservatives Say TNGOP Sucks On Illegal Immigration; Letter Grades Show Many Failures; TN Abortion Law Lies & Much More In The TennCon BIG 7!

85% of Conservatives Say TNGOP Sucks on Illegal Immigration Illegal Alien Arrested for Raping Teen Girl School Letter Grades Show Many Failures TNGOP Flip Flops for RINOs on “Bonafide Status” Hundred of Fake TN ID’s Issued to Illegal Aliens… Much More! Like what we’re doing & want us to stick around? Donate Today! >> https://tennesseeconservativenews.com/support/ […]

Rep. Ragan Introduces Bill To Mandate De-escalation Training For Teachers In Effort To Reduce School Shootings

Image Credit: State Representative John Ragan / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – Representative John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge-District 33) has introduced a bill ahead of the upcoming 114th General Assembly that would mandate annual de-escalation training for teachers, amending the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. House Bill 1633 (HB1633) would amend […]

Tennessee General Assembly Set To Reconvene Next Week

Image: Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – With lots of work to be done, Tennessee’s 2024 general session begins at noon on Tuesday, January 9th. Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) didn’t mince words when he said he anticipates the coming session to be “contentious.” Cepicky further stated, “Is […]

Judge Refuses Venue Change In Cleotha Henderson Rape Case

Image Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections & Luca Sartoni / CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A Shelby County judge decided that a man accused of rape and murder will stand trial for those charges in a Shelby County court. Judge Lee Coffee is presiding over the case in which Cleotha Henderson is accused of […]