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Federal home energy rebate dollars are rolling out to states; when ...
WEBAug 28, 2024 · More than $8 billion flagged for home energy rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act is beginning to trickle out of federal coffers, but Tennessee residents will likely have to wait until the spring of 2025 to start applying for their chunk of change. Each state must shape its own plan to dole out the funding, […]
Commentary: Four ways Tennessee’s new trust regulations benefit ...
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Tennessee’s national reputation as a leading state to establish and administer a trust took another step forward with the passage of several new regulations on May 12.
Tennessee law to let teachers carry guns in schools caused a …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · After the 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, for instance, families of the 19 victims sued police over the botched response, and also reached a $2 million settlement with the city, including the promise of higher standards and better training for local officers.In Oxford, Michigan, families of four high school students killed in a 2021 shooting there accused the school ...
Stockard on the Stump: Memphis replaces Nashville as legislative ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Sam Stockard. Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row. He has led the Capitol Hill bureau for The Daily Memphian.
Professors and press both must fight anti-intellectualism
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Adam Waters and E.J. Dionne, Jr., penned an article reminding us that Donald Trump campaigned and governed as anti-intellectual, and even anti-fact and anti-truth. During the 2016 campaign Trump grumbled, “The experts are terrible [about foreign policy]. Look at the mess we’re in with all these experts we have.”.
Shelby County Election Commission declines to put Memphis gun ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The Memphis City Council is set to consider its next legal move after the Shelby County Election Commission refused Tuesday to place gun restriction referendums on the November ballot. Acting on advice from Tennessee Elections Administrator Mark Goins, the commission opted against putting the questions to Memphis voters this fall, officials confirmed. Shelby County Elections […]
Franklin incumbent Mayor Ken Moore wins in landslide after …
WEBOct 24, 2023 · Franklin Mayor Ken Moore defeated alderman Gabrielle Hanson in a suburban Middle Tennessee mayor’s race that drew unusually high attention after Hanson refused to denounce support from a group of neo-Nazis.. Moore won 80% of the vote compared to Hanson’s 20%. He was helped by a significant turnout which saw 16,209 ballots cast in the mayor’s race.
Republicans delay decision on long-shot request over contested …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The Tennessee Republican Party’s state executive committee did not hear Oak Ridge Rep. John Ragan’s request to challenge his August primary loss to former Clinton police chief Rick Scarbrough on Monday. The party was set to meet virtually to hear the challenge, but Ragan opposed a video call and questioned the …
Expect Republicans and Democrats to compete in eight Tennessee …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · State Republicans and Democrat leaders hesitated to share their election plans, trying not to tip their strategy to the other party. Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth of Portland said his caucus was …