Governor’s State of the State: A Business Perspective
The Nashville Chamber policy team was represented tonight in the gallery of the Tennessee House chamber for governor Haslam’s annual State of the State Address. The speech, which included items the...
View ArticleContact Your Legislators About Comprehensive Immigration Reform
There’s no question that the U.S. immigration system is broken. Our current system is not serving the interests of our economy, businesses or our society. In the absence of federal leadership on this...
View ArticleLearning From Leaders at the Grad Nation Conference
This week, I've been in Washington, D.C. attending the Grad Nation 2013 conference hosted by America's Promise. The goal of the conference is to bring together nonprofits, educators and business...
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Rick Hess Calls for 'Cage-Busting Leadership' in Education
Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, recently spent time with the Chamber’s Education Committee talking about the leadership challenge in education and...
View ArticleNashville Chamber Supports New Amendment on Charter School Authorizer Bill
Over the past year in Nashville, the Metro School Board and the Tennessee Department of Education have been at an impasse over a charter application that was denied by the local school board and then...
View ArticleLegislative Proposal to Unravel Metro Government Is a Bad Idea
The fact that Davidson County has the lowest combined property tax rate among the state’s four largest cities is proof that Metro has delivered on its promise to make government more efficient. So why...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion Makes Business Sense for Tennessee
After researching the issue for more than a month, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce took the step of becoming the first chamber in our state to endorse the expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee in...
View ArticleAgreement Reached to Preserve Metro
On March 8, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce alerted our members to a state legislative proposal that would unravel Metro government. As amended in a House subcommittee, HB1204/SB1285 would allow...
View Article"Rightsizing” the Charter School Conversation: We’re In
This week, Metro School Board member Will Pinkston authored a thoughtful opinion piece in the City Paper, in which he asked Nashvillians to agree on three points: charter schools are a valuable part of...
View ArticleChamber Asks Feds to Approve a 'Tennessee Plan' for Medicaid Expansion
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to U.S. Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to approve Gov. Haslam’s request to pursue a “Tennessee Plan”...
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President's Budget Endorses Nashville's 'Academies' Approach
President Obama unveiled his proposed fiscal year 2014 budget today, and while it is sure to face significant alteration by Congress (assuming Congress is able to make progress in adopting a budget),...
View ArticleNashville and Tennessee Represented at National School Boards Association...
Last weekend, I was in San Diego with a team from Metro Schools at the National School Boards Association's annual conference. The four-day gathering draws more than 5,000 school board members and...
View ArticleChamber and High School Academies Celebrate End of the School Year
Monday night, more than 300 academy business partners and Metro Schools educators packed Rocketown for the third annual Academies of Nashville Awards. McGavock High School’s Academy of Aviation and...
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Chamber Policy Chief Guest-Teaches at Stratford High School
This week I was given the opportunity to teach a class of 9th grade students at Stratford High School as part of Teach For America’s Teaching As Leadership Week. TFA invited several community leaders...
View ArticleTSU President Discusses Her 'Critical Hire' with Chamber Committee
The Nashville Area of Commerce’s Education Committee met recently with the new president of Tennessee State University, Dr. Glenda Glover, now in her fifth month leading Nashville’s public four-year...
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