EPA cuts could be costly to Tennessee Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency could shut off the spigot that funds many drinking water projects in Tennessee. Booming Lebanon is an example of a community that could be hurt. “Getting these projects done in the next two years is not a want; it’s a need,” […]
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 directed the House Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce to develop legislation to reduce the deficit. The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have produced an estimate of the budgetary effects of the American Health […]
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Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency is a politician who doesn’t believe in climate change, wants the E.P.A. to be dismantled, and has sued the agency multiple times. And he has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry. We need to be able to trust that the EPA will protect our air, […]
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The February issue of San Francisco Magazine on shelves today is titled “Resistance,” and features stories of politicians, lawyers, activists…even scientists who are involved in challenging some of the early actions of the Trump administration. My colleague, Jimmy O’Dea, and I are both featured with other scientists who attended the December meeting of the American […]
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We’re only three weeks into the Trump administration, but it’s already clear that any hopes that Mr. Trump and those around him would be even slightly ennobled by the responsibilities of office were foolish. Every day brings further evidence that this is a man who completely conflates the national interest with his personal self-interest, and […]
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When we put the Indivisible Guide online as a poorly formatted, typo-filled Google Doc, we never imagined how far and fast it would spread. Since December, the guide has been downloaded over a million times. More than 4,500 local groups have signed up to resist the Trump agenda in nearly every congressional district in the […]
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The RCDP participants will meet at 9 a.m. in the Midtown Kroger parking lot, directly across from Zaxby’s. Due to cool temperatures, warm clothing is suggested. Closed toe shoes are required. Please bring gloves for protection while picking up trash. Let use know if you will be there so we know how to plan the […]
The Roane County Annual Labor Day picnic is just around the corner. So come on out Monday September 5th to the Roane County Park Shelter 2 at 12 noon. Bring family and friends. Free Admission! Food and fun provided. Special guest speakers include Melody Shekari, candidate for US Congress-3rd Congressional District. And, Larry Best, Vice […]
Three men, no women, are on President Barack Obama’s short list to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. All three are federal appeals court judges, Reuters reports. The three are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Judge Sri Srinivasan, also of the D.C. Court of […]
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Nashville, Tenn. (March 7, 2016) – TNDP chair Mary Mancini released a statement today criticizing Governor Haslam for turning his back on ordinary Tennesseans and opposing the proposed minimum wage increase. “Governor Haslam doesn’t know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. He is opposing a minimum wage bill by flagging it with a […]
Read More… from TNDP Chair Mary Mancini Issues Statement on Minimum Wage Bill