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The Weekender: ‘Surprise bill’ protection, newspaper losses hurt muni financings + $1m in student loans
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State officials, looking for ways to develop a workforce that can ‘bob, weave, and adjust,’ push to forge apprenticeship network
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development presented its findings from a listening tour about what businesses, education and workers need from apprenticeships. Continue reading
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The Weekender: Surgeon General’s remarks at VUMC, blockchain hubs + a state tries to pull back price curtain
Spotted at a store on 11th Avenue North in Nashville on May 18, 2018. Where’s the retail therapy-health white paper? Continue reading
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The Weekender: Shifts in commerce, tight labor pool + Nashville’s new HQ
‘The Weekender’ spotlights what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee. Continue reading
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The Weekender: pick an Amazon adventure, healthcare costs retirees $ + on-demand short stories
‘The Weekender’ spotlights what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee. Continue reading
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Education, jobs, saving access to care: Governor candidates pitch strategies for sustaining rural Tennessee
Four of the state’s six leading gubernatorial hopefuls met in Jackson to pitch their strategies for boosting and sustaining life in rural Tennessee. Two Democrats and two Republicans fielded questions at Lane College about agriculture, infrastructure, education and the economy. It was the first gubernatorial forum in Jackson in recent memory, said Julie Daniels, spokesperson… Continue reading
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Nashville’s health care scene wrestles with where (and when) disruption will emerge
What you’ll read about: Change and innovation run skin deep in some corners where the status quo of in-patient admissions and fee for service reign. Is change really going to come from the shiny pixels of apps and software that are supposed to streamline the complex annals of behind-the-scenes care? Continue reading
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Haslam: Tennessee’s health ‘a slow turning battleship’
Tennessee is fighting a war to improve people’s health — and it’s years away from being won. Continue reading
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The Weekender: a Burger bot, a birthday, family planning and quizzing commenters
What is this? ‘The Weekender’ is a weekly round-up to spotlight what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee. Continue reading
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The TennCare work requirement bill isn’t just about work — it spotlights how lawmakers are bolstering the dependence on jobs for health care access
What you’ll read about: The state legislature is poised to instruct TennCare to negotiate a work requirement — an unprecedented approach to Medicaid eligibility that raises questions about what happens in times of an economic downturn and how to track hours as the number of people in gig-type jobs rises. Implementing a work requirement in… Continue reading
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