State Ruling Denies Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Proposal to Build New Hospital in Murfreesboro

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 19, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) was recently denied approval from building its proposed 48-bed hospital in Rutherford County, according to reports. In April 2020, VUMC filed a public notice with the State of Tennessee’s Health Services Development Agency...

Tennessee Department of Education Releases Third-Grade Retention Appeals Data

by TC Weber | Jun 19, 2023

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) released data on the results of third-grade retention appeals filed with the state. Parents of third-grade students who did not meet the criteria for promotion to 4th grade based on Spring TCAP results are provided an...

Tennessee’s College-Going Rate Increased by 1.5 Percent

by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2023

by Jon Styf   Tennessee’s college-going rate increased 1.5 percent for the Class of 2022, a year after statewide numbers significantly decrease since 2017. The state’s rate is now 54.3 percent, including this year’s highest increase since Tennessee Promise began,...

In-N-Out Burger Receives $1.9M Property Tax Abatement for Tennessee Headquarters

by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2023

by Jon Styf   Williamson County agreed to give In-N-Out Burger a $1.9 million property tax abatement at its most recent meeting. The abatement is in addition to the $2.75 million given to In-N-Out Burger from the state for its new Franklin headquarters, making...

College Professor in Wisconsin Says American Flag Causes Him ‘Anxiety’

by Admin | Jun 19, 2023

by Jack Applewhite   A Marquette University professor said the American flag makes him “anxious” in a National Public Radio interview Wednesday. Philosophy Professor Grant Silva told an interviewer with WUWM, an NPR affiliate station in Milwaukee, that he feels...

Plastic Manufacturer Announces $6.9 Million Investment Project in Georgia’s Washington County

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 19, 2023

PVS Plastics Technology Corporation officials recently announced that the company will invest $6.9 million to establish its second U.S. facility in Johnson City. PVS Plastics Technology Corporation will invest $7M to expand its operations in Johnson City. Through the...

Arizona Law Enforcement Agencies Make More Than 580 Arrests During 5-Day, Multi-Agency Operation

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 19, 2023

More than 580 arrests were made during a recent five-day, multi-agency operation organized by the Phoenix Police Department (PPD) aimed at “enhancing public safety by proactively addressing violent offenders.” The operation, dubbed ‘Operation Summer Shield,” took...

Biden Picks Mandy Cohen to Serve as CDC Director

by Just the News | Jun 19, 2023

by Ben Whedon   President Joe Biden on Friday announced that he had selected former North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen (pictured above, right) to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Dr....

Commentary: Only One Party Has Gone Completely Off the Rails

by Admin | Jun 19, 2023

by Bob Ehrlich   Sorry to sound like a dinosaur, but I recall when my colleagues and I in the House of Representatives believed we were on the cutting edge of America’s great philosophical divide. It was a heady time. The Class of 1994 was labeled the “majority...