By J. Holly McCall | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning and TGIF, Lookout readers.
Trash, like change, is a constant in life.
Sure, many of us recycle, but depending on where you live, you might get recycling service once a week, once a month or not at all. Some municipalities pick up glass. Sometimes, if you want to recycle, you haul your goods to a recycling center.
But inevitably, some of your trash is going to end up in a landfill, which will eventually fill up and be “capped.”
Tennessee has its share of landfills nearing capacity, and lawmakers are looking for solutions. One potential one, as Reporter Cassandra Stephenson reports, is to repeal a 40-year law ensuring that local governments have the final say in whether a landfill locates in the community.
Have a good weekend. It’s going to be a hot one, so make sure to hydrate, especially if you are at Bonnaroo.
THE LOOKOUT’S TOP STORY
As Tennessee landfills, like the one pictured here, fill up, state lawmakers are considering dialing back a law giving local boards control over the permitting of new ones. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
by Cassandra Stephenson
Tennessee lawmakers and other members of the state’s Solid Waste Task Force hinted Tuesday that they are considering changing a law that has allowed local governing bodies to approve or deny landfill proposals for nearly 40 years.
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Limping along: The state’s Community Corrections program, an intensive parole program, has garnered funds to remain operational for two years. (Photo: Brad Freeman, Metropolitan Nashville General Sessions Court)
by Sam Stockard
The Tennessee Department of Correction is proposing a two-year contract to maintain the state’s Community Corrections program but keeping a 15% funding reduction in place, finagling with the funds in a mild case of Tin Man’s disease. Plus: No more kids sleeping on floors?
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A new report analyzing survey results of 10,000 U.S. adults found widespread healthcare affordability challenges. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
by Nada Hassanein, Stateline
Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank.
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