Nashville, TN – Senator Eric Stewart and Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr.
Timothy Webb today announced $6,000 in dropout prevention funding for Tullahoma
City Schools to improve public awareness and combat student dropouts through the
Model Dropout Prevention grant.
“If children are not in school, it’s impossible for them to learn the skills they will need to
be successful college students [...]
Yesterday, SB0083 passed the Tennessee State Senate on a vote of 18 to 13.
While some will say that vote fell along party lines because of its stance on a “prevailing wage” (what some have referred to as a minimum wage), my “no” vote had absolutely nothing to do with a minimum wage but everything to [...]
By JAMES CLARK
Editor for the Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.)
Local governments would be forbidden from imposing a minimum wage higher than the federal rate of $6.55 an hour under a bill that passed yesterday in the Tennessee Senate.
According to state Sen. Eric Stewart (D-Belvidere), the bill is a response to action in Memphis where officials voted to [...]
Intercity Bus Grant to Expand Bus Service to More Tennesseans
March 11, 2009
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today awarded $237,542 in federal transit grant funds to the Southeast Tennessee Human Resources Agency to expand intercity bus service in southeast Tennessee including daily service in Bledsoe, Grundy, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties. The funds will be used [...]
March 11, 2009
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today awarded $100,662 in federal transit grant funds to the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency to expand intercity bus service along the Cumberland Plateau in Putnam, Clay, Pickett, Fentress, Overton, Jackson, Smith, Cumberland, Dekalb, White, Warren and Van Buren Counties. The funds will be used to provide Tennessee’s [...]
UT student joins office of District 14 Senator
NASHVILLE- State Senator Eric Stewart (D-Belvidere) announced today that Alexandria Gail Smart, of McMinnville, has joined his staff as a legislative intern during the 2009 session.
“I am pleased that Alexandria will be able to see firsthand how things work in the General Assembly,” Stewart said, “I think she [...]
Article in January 27,2009 Herald Chronicle by a staff writer
U.S. Rep Lincoln Davis joined County Commissioners Angie Fuller and A.L. Shasteen alongside County Mayor Richard Stewart, State Senator Eric Stewart and North Franklin County Volunteer fire Department Chief Bill Faulkner in announcing a $228,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters [...]
Manchester, Tn., January 21, 2009 — The AT&T Foundation has announced a $10,000 contribution to support Coffee County Government. The contribution will help support the Pilot Project for Literacy Coaching to Families Involved with the 1st Grade Student. This program is designed to increase the reading skills of both the family members and the young [...]
District 14 Senator to serve on Commerce, Environment committees
NASHVILLE- Newly elected State Senator Eric Stewart (D-Belvidere) was appointed today to two key Senate committees, ending a busy week that started with his swearing in as a member of the 106th General Assembly. Stewart will serve as a member of the Senate Commerce, Labor and Agriculture [...]
MCMINNVILLE, TN – Bouldin and Lawson, a subsidiary of Bouldin Corporation, recently secured a $15.5 million project to build their first international WastAway (pronounced Waste-A-Way) system in the Caribbean island country of Aruba. The project will be used to recycle 50% of that island’s municipal solid waste stream instead of sending it to landfills.
The Aruban [...]