A bill moving through the General Assembly would make it so teachers and other employees of Tennessee public schools would not be required to refer to students using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun does not match the student's biological sex.
The first public meeting for a process to develop a land use plan for the unincorporated part of Hamilton County on Walden's Ridge was held Tuesday.
The process of amending Hamilton County Board of Education policies on reading materials took another step forward Thursday night as Rhonda Thurman of Hixson, chair of a special book review committee, presented a report on her panel's work to the board.
Hamilton County Board of Education chair Tucker McClendon wants to give a one-time bonus of $500 to all of the school system's full-time employees and contract bus drivers, as well as a $250 bonus to part-time employees. But many board members are concerned with the $2.8 million cost that would come out of the school system's fund balance.
Democrat Katie Perkins is vying for the District 8 seat on the Hamilton County school board to represent the East Ridge area.
Ahead of making their collective recommendations for policy changes related to reading materials in Hamilton County schools, members of the board of education's community book review committee submitted their individual recommendations by email to the board's administrative assistant.
The Hamilton County school board's book review committee - formed to "review reading material content concerns and explore options available to address those concerns," according to a memorandum to the panel from board chair Tucker McClendon - is set to hold its final meeting Tuesday.
Electric bicycles have long been a popular mode of transport in Asia, but the U.S. has only recently taken to e-bikes.
Kentucky isn't just rolling hills filled with horses and bourbon distilleries.
After 25 years of work, the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway is complete, stretching 12 miles from Camp Jordan to the Tennessee Riverwalk.
