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| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for 2026-11-02 ( 9 items ) |
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Americans for Tax Reform Issues Commentary: Time for Choosing - Wisconsin, Eliminate the Income Tax (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary:
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A Time for Choosing: Wisconsin, Eliminate the Income Tax
Daniel Abrahams and Jack Guidi
10/27/2026
Nearly three out of four Wisconsin voters support eliminating the state's individual income tax by 2030. Next week voters have a choice: Will Wisconsin go down the path of tax cuts and growth? Or tax hikes and decline?
Wisconsin is currently behind its neighbors in terms of income tax competitiveness. Its top individual income tax bracket is a whopping 7.6 more PR
CyberCabbie Fleet Operations Supports Updating FMVSS No 108 for ADS Equipped Vehicles Lighting and Emergency Visibility (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
CyberCabbie | NHTSA-2026-1519 | Page 1
Comments of CyberCabbie Fleet Operations LLC
Before the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Docket: NHTSA-2026-1519 |
RIN: 2127-AM70
Subject: Modernization of FMVSS No. 108 To Accommodate ADS-Equipped Vehicles
Date: October 27, 2026
Website: www.cybercabbie.com
I. Introduction and more ST
Designing MOCS2K: Senior Caleb Connery brings UTC Homecoming to life (10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus posted the following news:
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Designing MOCS2K: Senior Caleb Connery brings UTC Homecoming to life
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Homecoming 2026 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga started with a blank canvas--and Caleb Connery behind it.
As a senior graphic design major, Connery was charged with designing the visual aspects for UTC Homecoming 2026. He crafted the "MOCS2K" theme into illustrations and graphics, bringing a student touch to one of the University's biggest trad more PR
Federal Register: HRSA Publishes Notice of 105 Petitions Filed Under National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration issued the following action in the Federal Register.
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National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; List of Petitions Received
HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as the respondent in all proceedings brought by the filing of petitions for compe more PR
Gov. Lee Appoints Interim Commissioner at Tennessee Department of Correction (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news:
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Gov. Lee Appoints Interim Commissioner at Tennessee Department of Correction
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Today, Governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of Christopher Hansen as interim commissioner at the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), effective immediately. Hansen will serve as interim commissioner while maintaining his current duties as assistant commissioner of community supervision.
"Chris Hansen is a committed public servant with dec more PR
Report From Environmental Integrity Project: Tunnel Vision - Trumped Up 'Energy Emergency' Accelerates Pipeline Boom (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNSCrpt) -- Tunnel Vision: Trumped up "Energy Emergency" Accelerates Pipeline Boom - A report from Environmental Integrity Project - October 2026 (56 pages)
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Executive Summary
A wave of at least 193 projects is proposed or under construction to build more than 17,000 miles of pipelines across the U.S., expanding the nation's network of natural gas, oil, petrochemical, and carbon dioxide pipelines. That's enough pipe to stretch from New York to Los Angeles, six times. Most of these new pipelines (151) would carry natu more ST
Rutherford County Alumnae Chapter Urges Census Bureau to Preserve Race and Ethnicity Data for 2030 (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
Rutherford County Alumnae Chapter
Re: Docket USBC-2026-0628; RIN 0607-AA75
Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions
Dear Director of the U.S. Census Bureau:
I submit this comment on behalf of Rutherford County Alumnae Chapter to raise serious concerns regarding proposed changes to the more ST
Tennessee Archaeology Division to Repatriate Human Remains to 1 of 4 Native American Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of Archaeology, Nashville, will repatriate human remains representing at least two Native American individuals to four tribal nations.
The remains were donated to the division in 2026 by a private citizen. According to the donor, her father removed them from an unidentified archaeological site along the Hiwassee River in Polk County, Tennessee, during the early 20th century. Glue was found on the jaw of one individual and will remain in place to more PR
Tennessee Archaeology Division to Repatriate Stone Gorgets to 6 Native American Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of Archaeology, Nashville, intends to repatriate a lot of two-hole stone gorgets to six Native American tribes.
The funerary objects were previously displayed at the Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park Museum in Coffee County, Tennessee. According to the division, local residents donated the objects to the park years ago, but records do not identify the donors or the original collection location.
The division determined that the stone gorge more PR
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