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Lee struck a post-pandemic tone Monday night in the final State of the State address before facing voters for reelection

Lee struck a post-pandemic tone Monday night in the final State of the State address before facing voters for reelection

  Education was a major focus of the Governor's State of the State address.On Monday evening (1/31/22), Tennessee Governor Bill Lee presented a proposed budget while highlighting legislative priorities to a joint session of the General Assembly. Lee said the 2022 - 2023 Fiscal Year budget adds up to $52.6-billion.The governor committed to increasing K through 12th grade education funding by $750-million. If fully approved, that funding will reoccur each fiscal year thereafter.To fu...

The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis, is scheduled to officially hand-over the Cape Town City Hall to the Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo tomorrow, Monday, 31 January at 9:30 am. The Hall will thereafter be declared as a precinct of Parliament of South Africa.    The hand-over of this historic facility, which was built in 1905, follows a decision by the...

This week is set for a strange political spectacle – Michael Gove coming to the rescue of Boris Johnson with a "levelling up" White…

San Diego officials are considering adapting dozens of city properties, including the La Jolla/Riford Library, for use as child care facilities to address a regional shortage of affordable options.

By Jp Cortez - Money Metals Exchange ......   Last year was a good year for state-level sound money legislation across the United States. 2022 could

Tennessee has $61.9 billion in infrastructure needs across the state, according to a report presented on Tuesday from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR).

Tell Tennessee legislators that whatever funding formula they choose, it must include enough additional money to adequately fund our public schools.

Needs expanded by about $3.4 billion over the last year.