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Credit Blake Farmer / WPLN News Tennessee lawmakers rarely debate consequential legislation in the first few days of a session. But the General Assembly is forgoing precedent to alter how the state’s Medicaid program receives federal funding, and in the process will be altering roughly a third of the state budget before the Biden administration takes over. Passage is a given. The same Republican majority told TennCare to seek this so-called “block grant” for Medicaid, which has been a dream of conservatives. Now that dream is nearly reality. But in less than a week, the country will h...

‘Universities are losing grants and accreditation’ Universities in Telangana are without vice-chancellors for the last 18 months while thousands of vacancies are combinedly damaging the image of the varsities while academics are severely hit due to the indifferent attitude of the Telangana government, charged speakers at a roundtable. The meeting, organised by the Osmania University Teachers Association (OUTA), was attended by N. Ramchander Rao, MLC from BJP, Dasoju Sravan Kumar, AICC spokesperson, Prof. B. Bucha Reddy, former chairman, Federation of University Teachers Association, Prof...

By Editor | January 6, 2021 | Morgan County’s 2021 Commission. Pictured, from left, are Commissioners Bill Clark, Joel Tuttle and Sean Forney. by KATE SHUNNEY Morgan County Commissioner Joel Tuttle will again serve as the president of the commission, county officials decided on Monday. At the first meeting of the 2021 County Commission, Tuttle was chosen to lead the county board as he begins a second elected term. Newly-appointed commissioner William “Bill” Clark took office on January 4. Clark was sworn in by County Clerk Kim Nickles prior to the Monday-morning organizational meeting...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Congress passed additional COVID-19 relief legislation (H.R. 133) on Monday evening, December 21, 2020. Today, President Trump is expected to sign the deal, which includes a $900 billion economic stimulus package that will provide relief benefits to businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following is a summary of some of the provisions that will have a major impact: Financial Support for Businesses PPP Loan Recipients The legislation includes more than $280 billio...

“None Of Ryan’s Ideas Are New”: Stop Calling The GOP The Party Of New Ideas Paul Ryan, the perennial media darling and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2012, has released an anti-poverty plan that has been widely hailed by a group of conservative policy enthusiasts known as the reformicons. According to Ross Douthat, The New York Times‘s house reformicon, the plan represents new and exciting conservative thinking, reflecting the “growing contrast between the policy ferment on the Republican side of the aisle and the staleness and/or small-ball quality of the Democratic ...