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A new report sheds light on how Tennessee cares for residents with disabilities. This year, the Volunteer State remains below average.The Tennesse Disability co

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters A legislative panel exploring whether Tennessee should reject federal funding for its K-12 students isn’t allowing public testimony from Tennesseans about how federally funded programs are run or how they affect their children. And it’s not hearing from Tennessee-based advocacy groups […]

Tennessee would be the first state to do this depending on the panel's findings. To date no state has ever rejected federal funding for its students.

‘We have to be so careful about understanding all of the costs and benefits of the actions that we take, and to make sure that the right trainings are in place’

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When House Speaker Cameron Sexton recently floated the idea of Tennessee rejecting U.S. education dollars to free its schools from federal rules and restrictions, he made the pivot sound as simple as making up the difference with $1.8 billion in state funds.

When House Speaker Cameron Sexton floated the idea of Tennessee rejecting U.S. education dollars to free its schools from federal restrictions, he made it sound simple. It’s not.

Author Jeff Strand has written an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes novelization, 45 years after the movie's release!

"Our needs are not special," said Jackson resident Edward Mitchell. "Theres nothing special about needing housing.”