Fri
Jul 4 2025
10:30 am
The U.S. Labor Department announced plans this week to slash more than 60 regulations — including eliminating overtime and minimum wage protections for home health care workers and union organizing rights for migrant farmworkers.
The effort to deregulate the federal agency that governs workers’ rights and protections aims to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise to “restore American prosperity,” the agency said.
Say what?!?! Worker bees must unite!
|
Topics:
|
|
Discussing:
- Feds indict civil rights group (3 replies)
- Georgia issues burn ban, first time in state history (2 replies)
- State of TN proposes exempting voucher students from standardized testing (1 reply)
- UAE asks for financial assistance? (1 reply)
- Are our deployed military going hungry? (1 reply)
- Tennessee passes bill to restrict college students' protests (1 reply)
- Inflation up, gas up, food up, consumer sentiment lowest ever (1 reply)
- Some AI uses are "outside the bounds of safe/reliable technology" (2 replies)
- A Letter to the U.S. Congress (1 reply)
- President: we can't take care of daycare, Medicare, Medicaid (1 reply)
- U.S. House Democratic Leadership says to Stop the Madness (1 reply)
- Am I missing something? (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Louisville, TN, town center coming soon? (BlountViews)
- Siemens expending in Blount County, But... (BlountViews)
- Maryville Arts Walk - 3rd Thursday - today thru Oct. 15 (BlountViews)
- Candidate for U.S. Rep., against Burchett campaigns Saturday, 4/18/2026, Blount County (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- US House passes ‘skinny’ farm bill that keeps big GOP cuts to food assistance (TN Lookout)
- From the bench to the ballot: how the U.S. Supreme Court undermines Black power (TN Lookout)
- US House votes to launch process to provide billions for Trump mass deportations (TN Lookout)
- TN GOP discussing eliminating the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House seat (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee’s final 2027 budget shrinks disaster response fund by $55.8M (TN Lookout)
- Congressional Black Caucus members condemn Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Tales from the Lily Pad (Knox TN Today)
- Double delight: An afternoon at Sitting Bear Overlook and Sunset on Hawksbill (Knox TN Today)
- New principals for Gibbs MS, Blue Grass, West Haven, West High, Ftn. City (Knox TN Today)
- New Business Spotlight: Forté Fitness (Knox TN Today)
- Everyday Genius: The 2-Minute Rule That Changes Everything (Knox TN Today)
- Turner Homes is now Turner Companies (Knox TN Today)
- Nick McBride: On the Grow property records for last week (Knox TN Today)
- A Visit to the Top of Old Smoky with Stephen Lyn Bales (Knox TN Today)
- ArtBeat: Spotlight on the local arts events (Knox TN Today)
- 4/30 HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- More options emerging for East Tennessee home buyers this spring (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene: Grits & Greens to Beer & Blooms and more (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Woman's home burns down months after neighbor's fatal fire (WATE)
- Lights, camera, fashion: Runway event raises money for Blount County Habitat for Humanity (WATE)
- Maryville road expected to be closed 4-6 weeks (WATE)
- 'Greenish, blackish substance' found at Sweetwater pizza place during inspection (WATE)
- Neyland Entertainment District: New renderings detail development plans (WATE)
- Knoxville man arrested, accused of threatening teen driver with knife (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Chattanooga Housing Authority seeks community input on One Westside project branding - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Heupel providing comforting experience to Vols quarterback battle - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chinese auto supplier to lay off 153 people in Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ☀️ A good day to write an essay - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Trump drops embattled surgeon general pick Casey Means, announces new nominee - The Washington Post (US News)
- Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends - NBC News (US News)
- Apple reports second quarter results - Apple (Business)
- Iran’s supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities - AP News (US News)
- Meta just told staff in an internal meeting that it isn't ruling out further layoffs - Business Insider (Business)
- Louisiana plans to delay House primaries after Supreme Court redistricting ruling - Politico (US News)
- Camp Mystic, Where 28 Died, Says It Will Not Reopen This Summer - The New York Times (US News)
- $6 Gas in California Signals New Phase of the Global Energy Crunch - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com (Business)
- Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models - TechCrunch (Business)
- U.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices - The New York Times (Business)
- Live Updates: Iran war pushes oil prices to 4-year high as Hegseth faces off with senators - CBS News (US News)
- BofA resets Google stock price target after earnings smasher - thestreet.com (Business)
- Trump’s threat to pull troops out of Germany crashes into reality - politico.eu (US News)
- Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custody - The Guardian (US News)
- Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application - AP News (Business)
Local Media
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
Search and Archives
TN Progressive
Nearby:
- Blount Dems
- Herston TN Family Law
- Inside of Knoxville
- Instapundit
- Jack Lail
- Jim Stovall
- Knox Dems
- MoxCarm Blue Streak
- Outdoor Knoxville
- Pittman Properties
- Reality Me
- Stop Alcoa Parkway
Beyond:
- Nashville Scene
- Nashville Post
- Smart City Memphis
- TN Dems
- TN Journal
- TN Lookout
- Bob Stepno
- Facing South
