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News from May 2023

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How many 85 and older-year-olds died in Tennessee during week ending May 13?

By Volunteer State News | May 31, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 365 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending May 13.

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Icymi—Hagerty Joins Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street On Fox Business To Discuss The Biden Administration’s Weakness Toward Communist China

By Volunteer State News Report | May 31, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, this weekend joined Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business to discuss the Biden Administration’s weakness on the world stage and failure to deal with Communist China from a position of strength.

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391 people in 75-84 age group in Tennessee are estimated to have died during week ending May 13

By Volunteer State News | May 30, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 391 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending May 13.

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Hagerty, Hill Raise Concerns Over Sec’s Investor Advisory Committee’s Pro-Esg, Anti-Market Agenda To Strictly Regulate Digital Assets

By Volunteer State News Report | May 30, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Representative French Hill (R-AR-02), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, on may 24 sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler raising concerns about the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee’s (IAC) April 6 Letter on Digital Assets.

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Analysis: Tennessee one of 41 states that do not ban affirmative action

By Volunteer State News Report | May 29, 2023

With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule this summer on the constitutionality of affirmative action in college admissions, an analysis by the Volunteer State News shows that Tennessee is one of 41 states that currently allow affirmative action.

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Week of May 13: 311 people in 65-74 age group are estimated to have died in Tennessee

By Volunteer State News | May 29, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 311 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending May 13.

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Blackburn, Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness with China in Advanced Defense Capabilities

By Volunteer State News Report | May 29, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Pat Fallon (R-Texas) introduced the Investing in American Defense Technologies Act.

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Blackburn, Tuberville, Cassidy, Carter Reintroduce Empowering Law Enforcement Act as Border Crisis Intensifies

By Volunteer State News Report | May 29, 2023

Days after the expiration of Title 42 intensified the lawless situation at the southern border, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and Representative Buddy Carter (R-Ga-01) reintroduced legislation to counteract the Biden administration’s refusal to enforce U.S. immigration laws.

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Hagerty And Colleagues Ask Fbi For Update On Request To Investigate Under Secretary Of Defense Colin Kahl

By Volunteer State News Report | May 29, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), joined by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), on May 24 sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray seeking an update on an April 2021 request by 18 Senators for the FBI to immediately investigate whether Dr. Colin Kahl—who at the time was President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy—publicly disclosed classified information and controlled unclassified information (CUI), discussed classified information and CUI with U.S. government officials, or solicited U.S. government officials to provide, or otherwise received, classified information and CUI, after leaving government employment under the Obama Administration.

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Week ending May 13 could be deadliest for people in 45-64 age group in Tennessee

By Volunteer State News | May 28, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 224 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending May 13.

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Week ending May 6: 24 deaths among Hispanic people in Tennessee

By Volunteer State News | May 28, 2023

There were 24 Hispanic people who died in Tennessee in the week ending May 6, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Upper threshold of death expectancy exceeds death count in Tennessee during week May 13

By Volunteer State News | May 28, 2023

Tennessee's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 13, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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TN AG Skrmetti Leads 19 State Coalition Urging President Biden to Adhere to the Constitution and Use the Lawful Process to Resolve the Debt Ceiling Debate

By Volunteer State News Report | May 28, 2023

Federal law requires congressional approval to raise the debt ceiling

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Gov. Lee Authorizes Tennessee National Guard Deployment to Secure Southern Border

By Volunteer State News Report | May 28, 2023

100 Tennessee troops to curb ongoing border crisis, support Operation Lone Star

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Week ending May 13 could be deadliest for people in 25-44 age group in Tennessee

By Volunteer State News | May 27, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 82 people in the 25-44 age group died during the week ending May 13.

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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Sues Avid Telecom over Illegal Robocalls

By Volunteer State News Report | May 27, 2023

Avid Telecom is accused of initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry

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Hagerty Announces 2023 First Session Summer Interns

By Volunteer State News Report | May 26, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on may 22 announced the students serving as interns in his Washington, D.C. and Tennessee offices for the 2023 first summer session.

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TN AG Skrmetti Leads 23 State Coalition Urging Financial Institutions to Uphold Their Fiduciary Duties in Their Proxy Votes

By Volunteer State News Report | May 26, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in urging various financial institutions to adhere to their fiduciary duties when voting their shares in the ongoing proxy season

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Tennessee: 34 people age 25 and younger are estimated to have died during week ending May 6

By Volunteer State News | May 25, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 34 individuals under the age of 25 died during the week ending May 6.

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Tennessee's Blackburn: Unregulated immigration the consequence as Biden 'halts deportations, funds migrant flights, and ends Title 42'

By Volunteer State News Report | May 25, 2023

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is warning of the consequences of unregulated immigration policies.