NASHVILLE (WSMV) – The General Assembly’s Joint Land Grant Institution Funding Study Committee met Tuesday to further look at how much the state owes Tennessee State University, after decades of a state funding deficit. Tuesday’s hearing revealed the deficit is approximately $544 million. The committee was created after several lawmakers brought to the state’s attention that there was a deficit in Tennessee State University decades of Land Grant funding. In the 1800’s, the federal government gave land to both TSU and UT to create and maintain colleges and universities for agriculture. The funds were supposed to be matched by the…
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NASHVILLE— April kicks off the inaugural Barber, Beauty and Health month in Tennessee. From this month on, every April Tennessee will recognize the state’s contributions to the Cosmetology, Barber and health industries. This includes the natural hair care industry which is an explosive segment of the hair industry. The bill creating this special designation (HB0827) was sponsored earlier this year by Representative Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis) and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee just a week ago. Representative Parkinson said he is working to make the state of Tennessee the Natural Hair capitol of the U.S. and says “this is a…
Every adult in the U.S. will be eligible to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine by April 19, President Biden announced Tuesday, moving up the target date by nearly two weeks as manufacturers continue to pump out shots at a rapid pace. Many states, including New York, have already opened up vaccine eligibility to all adult residents, but Biden promised at the White House that will be the case for the entire nation by April 19 “No more confusing rules, no more contusing restrictions,” he said. “Beginning April 19, every adult in every state — every adult in this country…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) Sign up for a free webinar to find out how to become a Kiva borrower for your business or startup or become a Kiva community lender starting with only $25 that will be paid back to you by a local business owner. Learn how this small $25 loan via your secure PayPal account with Kiva helps our NWA Kiva borrowers get launched on the national Kiva.org site to crowdfund their loans from $1,000 to $15,000. Those Kiva-approved borrowers residing in Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas can qualify for Walton Family Foundation matching loan funds for…
Settlement Binds City to Complete All Installation Within Months – Over 75% of Shelters Now Equipped With Working WiFi Residents Will Now Have a Streamlined Process to Resolve Any Internet Connection Issues (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and Milbank LLP announced a settlement in the E.G. et al. v. The City of New York et al. – class action litigation, which was filed last year on behalf of the Coalition for the Homeless and shelter residents with school-age children against the de Blasio Administration for its failure to provide students who reside in City shelters access to reliable internet…
By Oscar H. Blayton I wondered how long expressions of empathy would continue to be front and center in the minds of Americans following the hate-fueled multiple murders of Asian women in and near Atlanta, Georgia. To be clear, two of the victims of Robert Aaron Long’s homicidal mania were not of Asian ancestry. But their proximity to clearly and stereotypically identifiable Asian ethnic tropes brought them within the sights of the killer. The fact that most people have already forgotten the names of the eight victims murdered at three Asian American spas in the Atlanta area tends to strengthen…
Hastings crusaded against racial injustice as a civil rights lawyer, became a federal judge who was impeached and removed from office, and went on to win 15 congressional elections, becoming Florida’s senior member of Congress. He died Tuesday morning, a longtime friend said. His death was confirmed in a statement from his family. In late 2018, Hastings was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. For much of the ensuing two years, he continued public appearances between medical treatments, but more recently he hadn’t been in public. In recent days, he had been in hospice care. “Alcee was a fighter, and he…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU’s renowned Illinois Jacquet Jazz Festival is coming to music lovers on Saturday, April 10, offering live performances and student workshops with 2020 Jazz Times Readers Poll saxophonist Gary Smulyan and MTSU School of Music jazz faculty and students. Streaming live — and free — from MTSU’s Wright Music Building with support from the Tennessee Arts Council, the daylong festival will culminate in a concert at 5:30 p.m. Central featuring Smulyan and MTSU’s Jazz Ensemble 1 to celebrate the student ensemble’s new CD, “The Middle Way.” Music lovers can find a complete festival schedule — and middle and high school musicians can register through Thursday, April 9, to participate in all the online…
The data doesn’t look good. After weeks of decline, the average number of new coronavirus infections reported each day is higher than it’s been in a month. The number of people in hospitals with covid-19 has been stubbornly stagnant since mid-March. And even as highly contagious virus variants spread, state leaders are relaxing safety precautions. By now, this is a familiar script. But this time around, the country’s leading epidemiologists disagree about what to call this latest phase of the pandemic. Is the United States on the cusp of a “fourth wave”? Or are we instead seeing the last gasps…