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Tennessee’s school voucher program, currently limited to eligible students in Memphis and Nashville, would expand to all four of the state’s urban districts under new legislation. ....
Democrats and even a prominent Knox County Republican are against vouchers, which give taxpayer money to eligible families for private school tuition. ....
April 8, 2021 East Nashville resident Richie Townsend struggled to find work after losing his restaurant job when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020. Subscribe Townsend, 39, a former bartender at Rolf and Daughters in Germantown, has been on and off state and federal unemployment programs for a year but still has more benefits pending after being laid off a third time. As he starts a new job in Franklin, the state tells him it is expediting his request, and he s reached out to his state House member but hasn t gotten any payments on this latest extension. Subscribe Life could get even tougher for Tennesseans seeking unemployment under legislation being considered in the General Assembly. Some 65,000 people annually could be affected if the time frame for collecting unemployment benefits is cut by more than half. ....