county in Tennessee, United States
Joy Pullmann writes for the Federalist about a campaign for better public schools in North Carolina’s western neighbor. After a smear campaign ensnared efforts to bring three new no-politics, high-achievement…
(Cover photo by Gage Skidmore) Rep. Madison Cawthorn appears to be facing a serious challenge in the 11th District Republican primary for several reasons that are outside the scope of…
Don Carrington uncovers an uncomfortably truthful admission to the state utility commission by a solar company, which is that the most one could rely on a solar energy company to…
The Smoky Mountain News has a nice article about Haywood County farmers bending the ear of Congressman Mark Meadows (R-Cashiers). Farm Bureau hosted the breakfast to brief lawmakers on how…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s ruling against former Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline in her effort to secure email…
Like the idea of government imposing mandates for so-called “renewable” energy sources? Then get out your checkbook. If environmentalists get their way and force the United States to adopt European…
I was glad to see that a former home county, Gaston County, was able to land a new business this week. Owens Corning plans to create 110 new jobs at…
It looks like corporate incentives are here to stay, at least for a while, even with the possibility that lawmakers will reform the tax code. “I think we’re going to…
Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about a Rutherford County charter school’s court victory in a funding dispute with the local school system. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains that…
In the ongoing attempt to get disbursements from district schools, a panel of judges has ruled that Rutherford County schools must pay Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy $731,000. The disbursement is…
Rutherford County Schools may have to pay charter school students more. The question is whether funds for special programs should apply to the charter school allotment. The Rutherford County Superior…
From Rutherford County: Donnie H. Henson won the Democrat primary for clerk of superior court; Robynn Spence, the Republican. Randy Bennett won the Republican primary for coroner; a race that…