by design | Nov 24, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
The main item on the agenda for the Board’s November mid-month meeting last week was a preliminary discussion of the school system moving to a year-round schedule, which is now referred to as a “balanced calendar.” The idea of year-round school is not new in Knox...
by design | Nov 24, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist, Uncategorized
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Article I, Section 26 of the Tennessee Constitution provides: “That the citizens of this State have a right to keep and bear arms for their common defense; but the Legislature shall have the power, by law, to regulate the...
by design | Nov 24, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com At last week’s mid-month Board of Education work session, Dr. McIntyre updated the board on the situation regarding KCS food services and accounts payable departments that led to the dismissal of one employee and...
by Ray Hill | Nov 23, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill “I have no hesitancy in insisting that Government in an emergency do everything that can reasonably be done to relieve human suffering and distress.” That was the philosophy of John William McCormack throughout his long political career and he lived...
by design | Nov 18, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist, Uncategorized
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The results from the November 4, 2104 election are still unofficial but preliminary results on Amendment 2 show 831,549 votes statewide in favor of the amendment and 533,522 against it. Amendment 2 amends Section 3 of Article VI...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I always wonder where my essay of the week will come from. When I had a traditional medical practice, patients frequently prompted a storyline. I see fewer patients now and practice concierge medicine with house calls from my truck. These days my...
