by design | Jan 12, 2023 | The Daily Focus
IRS sets Jan. 23 as official start to 2023 tax filing season; more help available for taxpayers this year WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today announced Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, as the beginning of the nation’s 2023 tax season when the agency will...
by design | Jan 12, 2023 | The Daily Focus
RAM’s FREE 3-day Clinic set for Knoxville this Weekend Free dental, vision and medical services coming to Knoxville, Tenn. Remote Area Medical – RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality dental, vision and medical care to those in...
by design | Jan 11, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Victims of Human Trafficking Can Protect Their Address with the Secretary of State’s Safe at Home Program NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11 and during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Secretary of...
by design | Jan 10, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Hagerty Announces Staff Changes, Promotions NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced several changes to his staff in Washington, D.C. and Tennessee. “My exceptional staff has helped me serve and represent Tennesseans in...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Omnibus Spending Spree of 2023 By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Congress just passed the budget for fiscal year 2023 to the tune of $1.65 trillion. Commentators on the right ranted and railed about how conservatives were betrayed by...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Worst, Most Wasteful Appropriations Bill By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Last week I wrote about the shameful way the last Congress ended its session by passing one of the worst, most wasteful omnibus appropriations bills in U.S. history. One...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. The Apostle Paul (Romans 7:15). Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them made. Otto von Bismark By Dr. Jim Ferguson Each January finds many of us considering...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
What do you collect? By Mike Steely My wife and I collect cups and photos from the places we visited or lived, campaign and promotional buttons.. During the recent holiday break, I asked other folks what they collect. The replies came from Focus newspaper and online...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Four Corners of a Contract By Jedidiah McKeehan “If it falls outside the four corners of the contract, it is generally irrelevant and inadmissible evidence.” That phrase, or something along those lines, is something every first-year law student will be familiar...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Don’t relive diseases By Joe Rector It’s possible that I’ve covered some area of this subject before, but evidently, some readers in the USA didn’t see the column. So, I am duty-bound to restate my take on this subject. Some might agree with me while others might find...
