Thursday, July 09, 2015
West Tennessee Examiner Newspaper
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Brown Beat By ‘Downtown’ Rickey Brown
Jackson’s New Vice Mayor Johnny Dodd
U.S. Senator Alexander wants to end “Common Core” This week in the United States Senate a bipartisan agreement to fix No Child Left Behind will begin. For over 7 years about 1 million children enrolled in Tennessee public schools have been going to school under an expired federal law. It’s time to fix the No Child Left Behind law. If members of Congress were students in a classroom none of us would expect to Senator Alexander receive a passing grade said Senator Alexander “ These are the important aspects of updating and improving this law . No more mandates on standards, this bill will prohibit the federal government from mandating any particular set of academic standards such as Common Core , in Tennessee or any other state. Fewer tests for children. Tennessee students in the 3rd grade through 12th will continue the federally mandated tests, annually in reading and math and once in high school, and every three to four years in science” Lastly the Congress will make most control of schools back to the states and local school boards”. Our legislation will return improvements of schools back to the states and school boards and not Washington”. Senator Lamar Alexander served as two term Governor of Tennessee and has always pushed for improvements in education for our children “ WEST TN EXAMINER NEWSPAPER/ CRIMESEEN Published Every Thursday * Sold for 50¢ Each Subscriptions P.O. Box 1603 * Jackson, TN 38302 Phone: 731-660-7040 * Fax 731-660-8833 Website: www.wtenews1.com (News) * Email: wtenews@gmail.com
Dream Center music festival gather for fund raising
The Jackson City Council today elected councilman Johnny Dodd (left) as their new Vice-Mayor for the next years term. Congratulated by fellow city councilman Ernest Brooks II today at city hall swearing in.
AFTER SCOTUS RULING ON AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, DEMOCRATS CONTINUE FIGHT FOR INSURE TENNESSEE Republicans have not responded to calls by Democrats to pass Insure Tennessee; a new study shows Insure Tennessee would save 220 lives, $190M Whiteville, Tenn. (July 02, 2015) Democrats across the state continue to press Republican leadership in the state legislature, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey and Speaker Beth Harwell, to respond to calls to vote on Insure Tennessee.Ê “After the momentous Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell, we are renewing our pleas to Republican lawmakers including our own state Sen. Dolores Gresham who previously voted No, to Rep. Leigh Rosser Wilburn, and Rep. David Byrd. We thank those who are already on the record as supporting affordable healthcare for all of our citizens—Rep. Steve McDaniel and Rep. Johnny Shaw. We will continue to keep up the pressure because lives are at risk,” said Meryl Rice, TNDP District 26 Executive Committeewoman. Ê“Healthcare is a moral issue; we should not play politics with it. We support Governor Haslam’s plan. ÊA recent study showed that if the Republicancontrolled legislature had passed Insure Tennessee, 220 lives would have been saved and the state would have saved $190M in charitable care.” The majority of people who qualify for Insure Tennessee do not have access to health care through their employers or it is unaffordable. ÊWe continue to urge Republican leaders to call another special session. “Thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling, 200,000 Tennesseans who currently have ACA insurance will continue to have access to affordable health care,” said Rice. “Let’s pass Insure Tennessee so an additional 280,000 Tennesseans have access to affordable health care too. Tennesseans need the legislature to pass Insure Tennessee immediately.” In addition to saving lives, passing Insure Tennessee would bring funds to Tennessee hospitals, especially rural hospitals which are struggling to deal with rising health care costs and charity care. This is especially critical since the federal government will continue to deny block grants for Medicaid. ÊFour rural hospitals have closed in Tennessee in the last year, two of them in District 26—Haywood Park in Brownsville and Methodist Fayette in Somerville. ÊInsure Tennessee would open the way for the state to receive $1.5B in federal funds and lead to more visits to doctors, more people getting cholesterol screenings, and more having mammograms and other medical procedures. In short, it would create a healthier workforce and demand for services would add jobs to the economy. (For more information, contact Meryl Rice, 731-254-2022, 731-609-3236 meryl.rice@gmail.com) BILL MARABLE Publisher/CEO
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