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In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, staff file photo, Councilwoman Carol Berz speaks during the Mayor s Council for Women luncheon at Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Chattanooga. If you go鈥?What: Statewide Womens Policy Conference nike dunk 鈥?When: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 9鈥?Where: Westin Hotel, Chattanooga鈥?Registration: $135 regular, $25 studentRegister at connect.chattanooga.gov/council forwomen/womenspolicyconference.If women are suffering or being held back in Tennessee, then it s up to Tennessee women to mizuno volleyballschuhe do something about it.That s the foundation for the statewide Women s Policy Conference being held in Chatta adidas originals nooga on Feb. 9, put together by the Mayor s Council for Women. The event features a daylong series of speakers and panel discussions on topics ranging from women s health to political participation and economic opportunity.It comes out of a 2015 report on women s status by the Institute for Women s Policy Research in Washington, D.C.In that report, Tennessee and Kentucky tied for 49th among the 5o states and the District of Columbia. In report card style, the institute gave Tennessee one C and five D s on issues affecting women.And Tennessee ranked among the worst states for women in each of the five years the policy research institute published reports: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2015. The report card for Tennessee was abysmal to say the least, said Chattanooga Councilwoman Carol Berz, who headed the steering committ Ywhd Kvitova defeats Sharapova to win Wimbledon women s title
NASHVILLE - A Cleveland, Tenn., lawmaker s bill requiring that state driver s license exams be given in English only was put off until December, a move designed to kill the measure for this legislative session.The vote was 12-3 in the House Budget Subcommittee membersCritics contended the much-amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Eric Watson, R-Cleveland, sends the stanley romania wrong message as Tennessee seeks to recruit additional foreign companies such as Volkswagen and Wacker Chemical to the state. This is probably one of the worst bills we ve ever had before the General Assembly, said former House Speaker Jim vaso stanley my Naifeh, D-Covington, noting that Tennessee ranks in the top tier of states landing major companies. We may as well put a sign up if this passes that you re not welcome to Tennessee. Under pressure from business interests, the bill was amended so tests could continue to be given in Spanish, Japanese, Korean and German to persons lawfully in the United States. But it would prevent the Tennessee Department of Safety Department from offering written exams in other languages.Rep. Watson, a Bradley County Sheriff s Office lieutenant, said the issue is safety. He noted that in the early 2000s, Tennessee passed laws allowing illegals to get driving certificates but it was later repealed.But, he said, when we allow stanley cup ed them people to take tests in a foreign language, the accidents went up. Rep. Watson later said he is working to persuade two thirds of the legislature to yank the bill out
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