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TN AG Pushes Back on Unlawful DEI Federal Regulation

TN AG Pushes Back on Unlawful DEI Federal Regulation

On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 24 states in warning the Department of Labor (DOL) that its proposed rule to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the National Apprenticeship System exceeds congressional authority, illegally promotes racial-discrimination, and is antithetical to the American ideal of equality. “Americans fought for generations to ensure that […]

Rising Use of Antidepressants Among Young People Accelerated During and After Pandemic, Driven by Teenaged Girls and Women

Rising Use of Antidepressants Among Young People Accelerated During and After Pandemic, Driven by Teenaged Girls and Women

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, antidepressant use was rising among adolescents and young adults. New research shows this rise not only continued but began to accelerate through and after the COVID pandemic, according to “Antidepressant Dispensing to U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: 2016-2022,” in the March 2024 Pediatrics (available online Feb. 26). […]

American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Health and Safety Tips on How to Keep the Fun in Sports

American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Health and Safety Tips on How to Keep the Fun in Sports

While it’s exciting to watch your child excel in single sport and devote time to it, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages all parents and families to take a commonsense approach when it comes to sports training.  These days, it’s less common to see kids outside playing pick-up games or racing each other to see […]

CPI for all items rose 0.4% in February; gasoline and shelter up

CPI for all items rose 0.4% in February; gasoline and shelter up

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.2 percent before seasonal adjustment. The index for shelter rose in February, […]

Payroll employment rises by 275,000 in February; unemployment rate increases to 3.9%

Payroll employment rises by 275,000 in February; unemployment rate increases to 3.9%

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 275,000 in February, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing. This news release presents statistics from two monthly […]

VITAL POLICY – Opinion – Consequences of Unchecked and Unlawful Immigration, Rally Scheduled at Tennessee Capitol

VITAL POLICY – Opinion – Consequences of Unchecked and Unlawful Immigration, Rally Scheduled at Tennessee Capitol

If I set out on a pilgrimage to leave the United States and move to another nation, I would learn to speak the language of that nation and abide by the laws of their government set forth for legal immigration. My goal would be to contribute and become a productive member of their society by […]

Tennessee Higher Education Commission Announces Delay in Release of FAFSA Records by U.S. Department of Education

Tennessee Higher Education Commission Announces Delay in Release of FAFSA Records by U.S. Department of Education

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) reports that students considering college can expect a delay in FAFSA processing. The U.S. Department of Education has informed stakeholders that records for the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will not be released to institutions until mid-March. While the FAFSA typically launches in October on StudentAid.gov, […]

Rep. Burchett introduces bill to prevent school grants from being distributed based on political ideology

Rep. Burchett introduces bill to prevent school grants from being distributed based on political ideology

U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced H.R. 7309, the Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K-12 (BLOCK) Act.  The BLOCK Act would replace the U.S. Department of Education’s formula grants with a system that would require the Department of Education to provide each state with a block grant in the amount they received the previous year. This system would prevent […]

CPI for all items rose 0.3% in January

CPI for all items rose 0.3% in January

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.1 percent before seasonal adjustment. The index for shelter continued to rise […]

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Queso Fresco and Cotija Cheese

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Queso Fresco and Cotija Cheese

Recalled Food Cheeses, crema, and yogurt made by Rizo-López Foods On February 6, 2024, Rizo-López Foods recalled all cheeses and other dairy products made in their facility. Products were sold nationwide under these brands and at deli counters: Campesino Casa Cardenas Don Francisco Dos Ranchitos El Huache Food City La Ordena Rio Grande Rizo Bros San Carlos […]

8 Parenting Goals to Start the New Year Strong

8 Parenting Goals to Start the New Year Strong

New Year resolutions are often sweeping and grand, but often you can reap the biggest rewards by building off the strengths already in place. Helping to make your family safer, stronger and more harmonious in 2024 may not require a complete overhaul, but rather a few strategic tweaks. “This is a great time to take […]

Causes of Injury, Overtraining and Burnout in Youth Sports

Causes of Injury, Overtraining and Burnout in Youth Sports

Pediatricians can help families navigate healthy sports practices and encourage ways to keep participation fun Children and teens reap many physical and mental health benefits from participating in sports, but research shows about 70 % of them drop out of these organized activities by age 13. The American Academy of Pediatrics calls attention to the […]

Bipartisan Antitrust Lawsuit Against NCAA Expands to 11 States Total, Plus U.S. Department of Justice

Bipartisan Antitrust Lawsuit Against NCAA Expands to 11 States Total, Plus U.S. Department of Justice

In a show of support for competition in the labor market, the United States Department of Justice has joined the multistate bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that was filed in December and joined by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. That lawsuit challenges the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes’ […]

U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade

U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade

CDC is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidly accelerating epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes, like miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and lifelong medical issues. Newborn syphilis occurs when mothers do not receive timely […]

American Academy of Pediatrics: Tips for Traveling with Young Ones this Holiday Season

American Academy of Pediatrics: Tips for Traveling with Young Ones this Holiday Season

Traveling with infants and young children can be stressful. Add in winter holidays, travel delays, a fussy child and a smorgasbord of germy environments, and traveling gets even messier. Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician and neonatologist with a third child on the way, advises families to plan ahead for delays and embrace  that traveling […]

More Than One in Three Americans are at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, but Changing the Outcome is Possible

More Than One in Three Americans are at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, but Changing the Outcome is Possible

Prediabetes is reversible, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ad Council want to make sure people know they can change the outcome. More than 1 in 3 adults – about 98 million Americans — has prediabetes, and 81% of them don’t know they have it. CDC and the Ad Council are […]