NASHVILLE (TN TRIBUNE) – The 112th Tennessee General Assembly appropriated a historic one-time additional contribution of $250 million to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) State and Higher Education plan. The largest single contribution in the […]
WASHINGTON – Last night Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) released the following statement after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he will opt Tennesseans out of expanded unemployment benefits: “Why would Gov. Lee take $300 a week from unemployed Tennesseans? […]
Dear State Senator Brian Kelsey, You don’t know me, but since you are pretending that you know my work, I feel like I should respond. I am a Critical Race Theory scholar, a steadfast educator, […]
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)—Tuesday afternoon, Bill Lee made the reckless and irresponsible decision to cut unemployment benefits. Prior to COVID-19, Lee had the chance to pass laws to protect our economy and refused to meet […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 11, 2021) – Members of the Metropolitan Minority Caucus issued the following statement in opposition to the 4 Good Government’s proposal to make revisions to our City Charter. The Nashville Davidson County Minority Caucus […]
The following statement is attributable to: Susan R. Bailey, M.D. President, American Medical Association “The recommendation approved today by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) supporting the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in […]
Staff Report NASHVILLE, TN — An very unpopular Tennessee state lawmaker Republican Rep. Justin Lafferty, drew criticism for defending a Constitutional provision that determined how enslaved Black people would be regarded by law, saying that it was intended […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Pandemic-fueled inequities have surfaced in the small business community. Just from February to April 2020 alone, over 400k, or 41%, of Black-owned businesses were permanently closed, relative to just 17% of white-owned businesses. […]
NASHVILLE, TN — Jimmy Eldridge, a former State Representative from legislative district 73 has been appointed to the Tennessee State Election Commission to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Jimmy Wallace. “It is […]
Sherman Jackson, who holds the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, and is a professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California was named a University Distinguished […]
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