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Health Care, Industry, Policy, State & Local

Biden admin dealt blow by Sixth Circuit ruling against vaccine mandate in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee

January 12, 2023

Via: Fox News

A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on forcing workers in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee who contract with the federal government to get a COVID-19 vaccine. An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a […]


Industry, Transportation & Infrastructure

Tennessee announces infrastructure plan to address state transportation needs

January 9, 2023

Via: Transportation Today

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee recently presented his administration’s strategic infrastructure plan to address traffic congestion and meet transportation needs statewide. The plan ensures the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has the resources it needs to solve current and future mobility […]


Education, Industry

Tennessee sued over ‘bathroom bill’ for public schools

August 3, 2021

Via: Federal News Network

Tennessee was hit Tuesday with a second legal challenge aimed at overturning a slate of bills targeting transgender people that Gov. Bill Lee signed into law earlier this year. The federal lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Campaign challenges the […]


Health Care, Industry

Tennessee has gone “anti-vaccine,” state vaccine chief says after being fired

July 14, 2021

Via: ArsTechnica

The Tennessee state government on Monday fired its top vaccination official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, who says that state leaders have “bought into the anti-vaccine misinformation campaign.” In a fiery statement published late Monday by The Tennessean, Fiscus warns that as […]


Tech

White House’s ConnectHome to expand public housing broadband

July 16, 2015

Via: Corinne Lestch

(iStockphoto.com) There’s the modernization of E-Rate, an upgrade to another Federal Communications Commission program called Lifeline, and the Obama administration’s ConnectED plan and Broadband Opportunity Council. These federally driven initiatives aim to get high-speed broadband access into the homes, schools […]