Members of the Tennessee Senate Education Committee are scheduled to consider a bill this week that would, if enacted into law, expand Educational Savings Accounts, also known as ESAs. Senator Mike Bell (R-Riceville) said Monday that at least one school district in Tennessee, in Collierville, moved students to remote learning this month, as Chalkbeat Tennessee reported. Tennessee law mandates … Continued
Their target is the Nashville-based 5th Congressional District, where Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper is a longtime incumbent. Under the congressional redistricting plan moving through the legislature and to be signed by GOP Gov. Bill Lee, the Volunteer State’s nine-member House delegation would move from seven Republicans and two Democrats to eight Republicans and just one … Continued
A Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Knoxville, Tennessee burned down early New Year’s Eve morning. No one was injured in the blaze, and the building is a “total loss,” the Knoxville Fire Department said, according to the Latin Times. While abortion activists have raised speculation about arson, local fire authorities cast doubt on that theory. Assistant … Continued
More than 30 GOP senators are preparing legislation to nullify President Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The lawmakers, led by Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Roger Marshall of Kansas, plan to introduce a resolution disapproving of the mandate under the Congressional Review Act. The oversight tool allows Congress to discard federal regulations finalized within … Continued
In a Tuesday press release, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that victims of the deadly tornadoes that swept across parts of Tennessee and Illinois will have an extended deadline for filing their taxes this year. The announcement came days after the IRS first announced a tax-filing deadline for victims in Kentucky affected by the tornadoes. The … Continued
Once again, several states are pushing back against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 mandates. Two dozen states asked a federal court Tuesday to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Administration for Children and Families from requiring Head Start program staff, certain contractors and volunteers to wear masks and be fully … Continued
Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order to bring relief to Tennessee residents affected by devastating weekend storms. The storms produced deadly tornadoes that left the state and other states reeling. At least four Tennesseans have died. Gov. Lee says the state remains committed to helping those affected. “The impact of severe weather in Tennessee … Continued
Rescuers were forced to crawl over the dead to get to the living at a Kentucky candle factory walloped by a tornado, part of an unusual cluster that killed dozens in the Midwest and South and flattened whole towns. By the time churchgoers gathered Sunday morning to pray for the lost, more than 24 hours … Continued
The evangelical humanitarian charity Samaritan’s Purse has sent teams with equipment and supplies to respond to the devastation caused by deadly tornadoes that tore through six states in the South and Midwest Friday night through Saturday morning, killing dozens. Some estimates suggest more than 100 were people were killed, and hundreds of homes were destroyed … Continued
The Biden administration’s mandate for federal contractors’ employees to be vaccinated will be halted nationwide, amid a slew of challenges from states that say the president overstepped his authority in requiring the Covid-19 shots. The mandate, which was set to take effect on Jan. 4, applies to roughly a quarter of the U.S. workforce and … Continued
At least 21 states immediately could ban the killing of unborn babies in abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Many hope the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which the high court heard Wednesday, will spur the justices to reverse its disastrous 1973 ruling and allow states to protect unborn babies from abortion … Continued
A Christian children’s home Thursday sued the Biden administration after the Department of Health and Human Services reversed religious-freedom exemptions granted during the Trump administration. In waivers granted to Texas, South Carolina, and Michigan state governments, as well as to some child welfare agencies in those states, the Trump-era HHS dropped nondiscrimination requirements based on … Continued
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