David H. Lillard, Jr. is the Tennessee State Treasurer.
April is Financial Literacy month. It also marks 12 months of extraordinary challenges for many individuals and families in Tennessee. While the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened public health, it also presented widespread economic hardship and instability for so many.
With Tennesseans facing historic disruptions to the economy and employment, financial education becomes even more essential to ensuring a brighter future for our youngest citizens.
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As your state treasurer, I have worked with our General Assembly, and dedicated businesses and individuals who share our passion, to expand access to high quality financial literacy tools through the Tennessee Financial Literacy Commission.
Two students were injured, one critically, in what Metro Nashville police called an isolated stabbing at Overton High School on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The attack took place shortly before 1 p.m. inside the school at 4820 Franklin Pike and involved two ninth-grade boys, the Metro Nashville Police Department reported.
A motive had not been determined in the stabbing as of Thursday evening, police said.
Nashville Fire Department spokesman Joseph Pleasant said crews responded to the school to assist the victim and took him to Monroe Carell Children s Hospital in critical condition. Crews also took the stabbing suspect to General Hospital to be treated for a minor injury to his hand, authorities reported.