Rutherford County House Republican lawmakers today announced $7.2 million in grant funding will be used to expand broadband availability and access to high-quality, digital jobs locally.
The eight grants are part of $162.7 million in overall funding administered by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD). The investments will provide broadband access and digital opportunity programs to more than 236,000 Tennesseans across 92 counties.
Members of the Rutherford Co .
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Devon Dixon believes guns serve a purpose. That is why she is licensed to carry and conceal firearms. She is also a mother living in the Nashville suburbs with three school-age children. She worries about their safety, especially after three 9-year-olds were among the six killed in a school shooting in the city last year. “It’s pretty heavy on my heart,” she said. But those concerns weren’t enough to convince Dixon that Tennessee lawmakers were right to pass a bill Tuesday that
Balcony crowds chanted, “Blood on your hands” and “Vote them out,” after the House voted Tuesday to allow teachers to carry concealed weapons on school campuses. House Republicans passed the legislation 68-28 enabling school districts and local law enforcement to opt in on the law and let teachers who go through 40 hours of training […] The post Tennessee House votes to arm teachers despite opposition appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.