Crowe and Holsclaw join governor for bill signing

Byharvestdempac June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Published by the Elizabethton Start, Contributed Content – June 14, 2023

Earlier this week Governor Billl Lee signed Senate Bill 781 into law at the Tennessee state capitol. Senator Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) and Representative John Holsclaw (R-Elizabethton) as well as area physicians were in attendance. Crowe carried the bill through the Senate in this year’s legislative session. The new law incentivizes physicians in residency training to provide medical health services in health resource shortage areas. The new law establishes the Family Medicine Student Loan Repayment grant program.

Abortion | Healthcare

Report: More than half of all rural Tennessee hospitals no longer deliver babies

Byharvestdempac May 14, 2023May 16, 2023

Published by Tennessee Lookout: Reporter Anita Wadhwani – May 11, 2023 More than half of all rural Tennessee hospitals no longer deliver babies — a trend that shows no clear signs of reversal while pregnant patients outside major metropolitan areas routinely drive an hour, or more, in order to give birth. Just 28 of 52…

Education | Guns

Tennessee governor sets special legislative session for Aug. 21 after Nashville school shooting

Byharvestdempac May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Published by Chalkbeat Tennessee: Reporter Marta W. Aldrich – May 8, 2023 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday that he will call the legislature back Aug. 21 for a special session to address firearms and public safety concerns following a deadly school shooting in Nashville this spring. “There is broad agreement that action is needed,”…

Education

Watch: Tennessee parents slam school board for caving to right-wing attacks on local librarian

Byharvestdempac May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Published by Raw Story, Reporter Matthew Chapman – May 15, 2023 Carolyn Mickey, a school librarian at Alpine Crest Elementary School in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, was shocked when a far-right group targeted her over a Mother’s Day lesson that they claimed was “Leninist” indoctrination and an attack on Western civilization. The lesson, designed to be inclusive…

Healthcare | Opioid Epidemic

County with high rate of overdose deaths doesn’t use opioid settlement funds for addiction program

Byharvestdempac May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Published by KFF Health News, Reporter Aneri Pattani – May 15, 2023 Over the past two years, rural Greene County in northeastern Tennessee has collected more than $2.7 million from regional and national settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors. But instead of helping people harmed by addiction, county officials are finding other ways to spend…

Guns | Op-Ed

One doctor’s wish list for Tennessee’s special legislative session

Byharvestdempac May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Commentator Dr. Katrina Green Mass shootings have become such a frequent occurrence in the U.S. that many of us have become numb to seeing news about them almost daily. But when one occurs in your town and affects people you know, it hits you differently. The shooting at the Covenant…

Agriculture | Economy | Environment

Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans

Byharvestdempac May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Published by Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Jacob Fischler – May 16, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas, administration officials said Tuesday. Congress approved the federal spending — $9.7 billion for a grant and loan program…

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