The Tennessee Charter Commission approved one and denied one of American Classical Education’s (ACE) applications to open charter schools in Maury and Madison counties on Thursday.
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Energy Company Announces $200 Million Investment in Madison County to Build Battery Material Manufacturing Plant
6K Energy officials announced Tuesday that the company will invest in a full-scale PlusCAM™ battery material manufacturing plant in Jackson.
Read the full storyMajor Automotive Parts Supplier Announces $54 Million Expansion Project in Madison County
Toyota Boshoku Tennessee, LLC (TBTN) announced Thursday that it will invest $54.4 million to expand manufacturing operations at its metal stamping facility in Jackson.
Read the full storyAmerican Classical Education Announces Intent to Apply for Charter Schools in Five Tennessee Counties
American Classical Education (ACE) informed the Tennessee Department of Education and school boards of education in five counties – Rutherford, Montgomery, Madison, Maury, and Robertson – in separate letters last week it intends to apply for public school charters to operate classical schools in those five counties.
“We’ve filed our letters of intent with the school districts and the department,” Dolores Gresham, an ACE board member, former Tennessee State Senator, and former Senate Education Committee Chair, told The Tennessee Star.
Read the full storyJ.C. Bowman of Professional Educators of Tennessee Reviews NAEP Scores, Down Across the State
Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed Professional Educators of Tennessee’s head, JC Bowman in studio to take a closer look at Tennessee’s NAEP scores which reveal Davidson, Shelby, and Madison County public schools failing.
Read the full storyAmerican Classical Education Withdraws Appeals to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission
American Classical Education (ACE) announced Thursday that it had withdrawn its appeals to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission that would open charter schools in Madison, Montgomery, and Rutherford counties.
Read the full storyGeorgia-Pacific Announces $425 Million Investment in Jackson, Tennessee
Georgia-Pacific announced Monday that it would invest at least $425 million to construct a Dixie manufacturing facility in Jackson, Tennessee.
Fernando Gonzalez, Georgia-Pacific’s president of consumer business, said, “Although we have invested to expand existing sites, this is the first new Dixie plant the company has built since 1991. This added capacity will help us meet the needs of our customers as consumer demand for high-quality, durable paper plates and bowls continues to grow.”
Read the full storyTennessee Investigation Found Madison County Commissioner Unlawfully Charged $115K in ‘Gratuities’ for Officiating Marriages
A Madison County commissioner was found to have collected more than $115,000 in fees from 1,970 marriages unlawfully, according to an investigation from the state of Tennessee’s Comptroller office.
The commissioner would charge a $60 fee for marriages even though commissioners “may not charge a fee or demand any other form of compensation.”
Read the full storyVentcon, Inc. Announces $6.7 Million Investment in Madison County
Ventcon, Inc. officials announced on Tuesday that the company will invest $6.7 million in Madison County to establish its first manufacturing operations outside of the company’s headquarters in Allen Park, Michigan.
Read the full storyMadison County Republican Mayoral Nominee Sought Votes from Democrats, Independents in Republican Party Primary
Evidence points to the Madison County Republican mayoral nominee pursuing and receiving votes from Democrats and independents in the Republican Party primary held on May 3.
A.J. Massey in a three-way race won the Republican primary for Madison County mayor with just over 50 percent of the nearly 10,000 votes cast in the primary that saw 19 percent turnout, according to Madison County’s election results.
Read the full storyTennesseans for Liberty Chairman Adrian Eddleman on Mission, School Choice Event, and Closed Primaries
Tuesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed the Chairman of Tennesseans for Liberty, Adrian Edelman to the newsmaker line to talk about their mission and school choice event.
Read the full storyMadison County Mayoral Candidate AJ Massey: Focusing on Schools and Education Will Help Kill ‘Public School-to-Prison Pipeline’
Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed Republican Mayoral Candidate for Madison County, AJ Massey to the newsmakers line to discuss his background and answer questions on education.
Read the full storyWisconsin Republicans Ask Judge to Toss ‘Obstructionist’ Redistricting Lawsuit
Republicans in Wisconsin say Democrats are running to court before they’ve even had a chance to draw a new political map.
The Republican-led legislature on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from a handful of voters that asks the federal court to draw Wisconsin’s new political map.
Read the full storyIn Wisconsin, Madison and Dane Counties Reinstate Mask Mandates
Madison and Dane County residents will have to wear their masks once again.
The city and county’s joint public health office, Public Health Madison & Dane County, on Tuesday reinstated its indoor mask mandate.
Read the full storyThree Churches Sue Northam Over COVID-19 Executive Orders
Three churches from Culpeper County and Madison County are suing Governor Ralph Northam, because although his latest capacity limits do not include churches, the other restrictions of Northam’s recent orders do.
Read the full storyNortham to Stand Down on Church Ban: God Wins
After losing in court last week, Governor Ralph Northam agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by four Madison County men who argued that the governor’s restrictions on churches violated the Virginia Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Virginia statute for religious freedom. According to The Roanoke Star, the only COVID-19 restrictions remaining against Virginia churchgoers after the Tuesday decision is the mask mandate.
Read the full storyMadison County Judge Sets Back Efforts to Recall School Board Members in Tennessee
One group’s mission to give all Tennessee voters the power to recall school board members has withered away because of a chancery court judge in Madison County.
As The Tennessee Star reported last month, members of the Tennessee General Assembly proposed a law that would have given voters statewide the power to recall school board members. But legislators later watered down the bill so that it would apply only to Madison County, and they later passed it into law.
Read the full storyMadison County Health Official Indicted on Theft Charges
A grand jury has indicted the former Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department Program Director on one count of theft over $1,000 and one count of official misconduct, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released this week. “During the period July 1, 2014, through October 1, 2018, Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department Program Director Rachel Thomas improperly returned various items purchased for the TennCare Kids program,” according to the audit. “As program director, Thomas was responsible for purchasing materials that would benefit children of the community and handled all purchases and all vendor receipts associated with the program. This allowed her to create an eReceipt after the purchase that she would later use to return the purchased items for cash ($903.61) or gift cards ($429.23) instead of remitting the refunds back to the program.” The audit went on to say Thomas completed 33 return transactions, which resulted in her receiving $1,332.84 that she kept for personal gain. Thomas returned $149.09 after JMCRHD officials questioned her about her returns. That left an outstanding balance of $1,183.75 owed to JMCRHD from the return transactions. Thomas lost her job in September of last year, auditors wrote. “On April 9, 2019, Thomas admitted to…
Read the full storyTennessee School Districts Fighting School Vouchers Turn in Lackluster Academic Results, State Figures Reveal
The five school systems in Tennessee that have come out to formally oppose school vouchers haven’t exactly done that great of a job preparing students for college. This, according to statewide statistics members of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission reported last week. As The Tennessee Star reported, representatives from some of these school systems said they have higher academic standards than charter schools. About 67 percent of Madison County students who went off to college needed remedial math classes. Almost 45 percent of them need remedial reading, according to the figures. Exactly 62.7 percent of students coming out of Metro Nashville Public Schools, meanwhile, had to take a remedial math course. About 47 percent of those students needed a remedial reading class, according to statistics. Also in Nashville, 90 percent of students at Maplewood Comprehensive High School who went off to college needed remedial math. About 76 percent needed remedial reading courses. Almost 92 percent of students at White’s Creek Comprehensive High School needed remedial math, and 78 percent of them needed remedial reading. For Stratford Comprehensive High School, 88 percent needed remedial math courses. More than 73 percent of the students needed remedial reading. Christiane Buggs, who represents District…
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