by Steve Hunley | Nov 24, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Gannett newspapers are heralding the “bipartisan” effort to repeal the signature legislation pushed by Governor Bill Lee and approved by the Tennessee General Assembly – – – the Educational Savings Accounts. Bo Mitchell, a...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 17, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For years there has been a tug and pull about out of school time programs and whether or not it benefits the students. It will likely not surprise you some of those most solidly opposed to out of school time programs are some folks and the public...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Knoxville had a city election last week for mayor and city council seats. There will be a new mayor and four new city council members. Out of 187,000 residents and 92,000 registered voters only 25,360 people in Knoxville cast votes for mayor. That...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 3, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Focus has reported on the proposed sale of the Andrew Johnson building and relocating the Knox County School Board to the vacant east TVA tower. We have been consistent in reporting this is not a good deal for Knox County taxpayers. It makes no...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Lord have mercy! Mayoral candidate Indya Kincannon has just let go of a press release announcing, if elected, she will create an Office of Innovation. Don’t you reckon it’s finally time somebody thought of that? I suppose it would not be nice to point...