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Tennessee Film Incentives Get Funding Boost
Changes to state law made during the 107th General Assembly will mean $2 million in anticipated funding for the state’s film incentive program, administered by the Tennessee Film Entertainment and Music Commission (TFEMC). In addition, reforms [...]
Morehouse Student Creates a Black Ivy League Website (www.tntribuneblackivy.com)
NASHVILLE, TN – A Morehouse student has started the Black Ivy League website under the auspices of the Tennessee Tribune’s website (www.tntribune.com) and won a scholarship at the National Newspapers Publishers Association in Atlanta last week. [...]
Congress Holds Attorney General In but, Democrats Walk Out In Protest
WASHINGTON — Thursday saw the first time in American history that a U.S attorney general has been held in contempt of Congress. House Republicans voted to hold Eric Holder in contempt after his refusal to hand [...]
Supreme Court Upholds Majority Of Healthcare Law, Including Mandate
Washington DC – In what is being considered a victory for President Barack Obama, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare”. With a 5-4 ruling, the court has maintained [...]
NAACP Applauds Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Key Provisions of Affordable Care Act
Media Availability for NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock (Baltimore, MD) – The NAACP has released the following statement from NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock regarding the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the individual mandate [...]
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – Again?
ATLANTA (NNPA) – When the lights darken, the curtains draw open and a story unfolds on stage, the energy of theater actors arrests an audience’s attention in a way that the most dramatic film explosion cannot. [...]
IRS Urges 7,000 Tennessee Tax Preparers To Test Soon
NASHVILLE, TN – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that more than 16,000 Tennessee tax preparers have now registered with the agency, as required by recent regulations, but about 7,000 of them must take an IRS [...]
Grants From Dollar General To Fund Summer Programs
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $1.3 millon to schools and nonprofit organizations in Middle Tennessee to support adult and youth literacy programs, as well as summer reading programs. Through the [...]
Homeownership Declines as Number of Renters Grow
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Despite some signs of housing recovery America remains a nation burdened by high housing costs, according to a new report from Harvard University. The report, State of the Nation’s Housing 2012, [...]
Vanderbilt Receives $18.8 Million to Improve Health Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its affiliates have received preliminary notice of a three-year, $18.8 million grant to improve chronic disease management for patients with high blood pressure, heart failure and diabetes. The Health Care Innovation [...]
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27th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Nominees Announced During Live Telecast on GMC
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Has Criticizing the President Becomes a Cottage Industry Among Some African Americans?
Thank you for commenting! Good point.
TSU Interim President Portia Shields Misunderstood or Misread Her Mandate
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TSU Interim President Portia Shields Misunderstood or Misread Her Mandate
As one connected to TSU, I wish the community would support her in her
Has Criticizing the President Becomes a Cottage Industry Among Some African Americans?
Truth! Make sure these 18 year old students register to vote and VOTE