Mon
Nov 25 2019
01:11 am
US households are now sitting on a record $14 trillion in mortgages, credit cards, student loans and other forms of debt.
Credit card rates recently hit 17%, the highest level in at least 25 years, making this an especially costly form of borrowing. Part of that rise has been driven by fierce competition to lure borrowers with flashy rewards.
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- Maryville City Schools employees and students test positive for COVID-19 (BlountViews)
- Blount County Schools change in-person classes after 5 days (BlountViews)
- Toward a People’s Bailout (TN Citizen Action)
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- The Supreme Court and Medicare for All (TN Citizen Action)
TN Politics
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- In-person voting rule challenges Rutherford County voter ill with COVID-19 (TN Lookout)
- Nashville developers sues Metro Water in case with wide implications (TN Lookout)
- Video of Unmasked State Trooper Goes Viral During Legislature's Special Session (Nashville Scene)
- Commentary: The case for property taxes (TN Lookout)
- Legislature passes bill to protect businesses from COVID-19 liability (TN Lookout)
- Special session bill criminalizes camping on state property and threatens voter rights (TN Lookout)
- For real this time? Lawmakers adjourn (TN Journal)
- Legislature Passes Protest, COVID-19 Bills (Nashville Scene)
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- Superspread: A small family event led to an outbreak of COVID-19 (TN Lookout)
- House drops proposal to have AG prosecute protest crimes, cost per conviction projected at $500K (TN Journal)
- Facebook to build $800M datacenter in Gallatin (TN Journal)
- Lawmakers Advance Liability, Telehealth, Protest Bills (Nashville Scene)
- Here are your special House committees (TN Journal)
- It’s special session time in Tennessee (again) (TN Journal)
Knox TN Today
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- Teaser alert: Big plans ahead for Beaver Creek? (Knox TN Today)
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- Tanisha Baker gets SCORE boost (Knox TN Today)
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Local TV News
- Knox Co. reports 2,207 active COVID-19 cases, with 49 deaths and 3,173 recoveries (WBIR)
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: Knox County reports one new death along with 111 new cases (WATE)
- Local pastor makes the best of tough transition during COVID-19 pandemic (WATE)
- TN Education Commissioner visits Loudon County schools to observe in-person and virtual learning (WATE)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park to soon benefit from passage of Great American Outdoors Act (WATE)
- Knoxville man waits seven weeks to for unemployment benefits (WATE)
- Lewd image appears during Hardin Valley Academy online orientation; IT team preparing district for virtual learning (WATE)
- Kanye for president? Rep for artist West picks up paperwork to be on TN ballot (WBIR)
- $5,000 reward offered for information about woman's killer outside Knoxville food mart (WBIR)
- New state program offers free hangtags designed to warn about hot car dangers, importance of registering to vote (WBIR)
- TN university sends researchers to study NC earthquake (WBIR)
- Vols last canceled football in 1943 after futile attempts to save season (WBIR)
News Sentinel
- Knox County Schools won't say what would trigger another COVID-19 shutdown (KNS News)
- Knox County coronavirus numbers: Get daily case counts (KNS News)
- ACLU urges Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to veto attempt to criminalize Capitol protests (KNS News)
- After lawmakers refuse to wear masks, Tennessee legislature sees new confirmed COVID-19 case (KNS News)
- Lack of leadership on all levels created pandemic debacle | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
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- Go in the Graduate Knoxville hotel, where Peyton Manning helped design the Vols theme (KNS Business)
- Is it time to discuss a future that allows open alcohol throughout Market Square? (KNS Business)
- Schools -- especially colleges -- should play football this fall | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Knoxville Biz Ticker: The Christman Company donates new toys to East Tennessee Children's Hospital (KNS Business)
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- Women won the right to vote, but in Tennessee, they have not yet achieved equity | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Tennessee Voices, Episode 78: Yvonne Wood, president, Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument board (KNS Opinion)
- Tennessee anti-camping bill was rushed and sends chilling message | Plazas (KNS Opinion)
State News
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- Armstrong: Chattanooga Climbs dedicated to rebuilding momentum for Chattanooga businesses - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Coronavirus updates: Nashville reports 228 new cases and no new deaths Saturday (Tennessean)
- Police investigating Friday night fatal shooting in South Nashville (Tennessean)
- Giles County juries deliberate in a room dedicated to the Confederacy. A Black man says there's no justice for him in that courthouse. (Tennessean)
- Business Calendar, August 15-21 - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- THP trooper accused of ripping mask off man's face terminated (Tennessean)
- TSSAA volleyball preview: Notre Dame one of several Chattanooga-area teams with title hopes - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- FedEx delivering 400,000 isolation gowns to Baptist Memorial Health Care (Commercial Appeal)
- DHL plans for $85.7 million Memphis campus, could create 255 jobs, service YETI Coolers (Commercial Appeal)
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Local .GOV
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- Busy week for Public Service, Urban Forestry: Storms Fell 30 Trees, Blocking Streets (Knoxville)
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- Opening Day Coming for 2020 New Harvest Farmers' Market (Knox County)
- Knox County Parks and Recreation Completes Several Small, But Critical, Projects (Knox County)
- Changes In Service (Knox County)
- Epidemiology and Emergency Preparedness at KCHD (Knox County)
- KCHD releases 2019 Annual Report (Knox County)
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Knox County)
Wire Reports
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- When Is The 2020 Democratic National Convention? - NPR (US News)
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Lost Medicaid Funding
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