By Joe Carr on February 14, 2011
Rep Carr sat down with WSMV’s Carley Gordon to discuss three new illegal immigration bills the Rep Carr is sponsoring. See the video and read the corresponding article at WMSV here.… Full story
Posted in Illegal Immigration Reform, In Session, Local, News | Tagged District 48, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, Joe Carr, Tennessee
By Joe Carr on February 7, 2011
FoxNews.com shares a story on the cost of anchor babies that you and I are paying for through taxes. Anchor babies are children born of illegal immigrants that are granted US citizenship by simply being born here.
Welfare benefits for
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By Joe Carr on February 7, 2011
Sunday’s Tennessean.com website had a timely article on the challenges that many Metro public schools face as the percentage of non-English speaking immigrants grows. The article discusses ways that schools are handling it.
Students whose first language isn’t English were
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Posted in Featured, Illegal Immigration Reform, Local | Tagged Conservative, District 48, House of Representatives, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, immigration issues, Joe Carr, The Tennessean
By Joe Carr on January 31, 2011
Members of Tennessee’s Senate and House chambers begin session this week. Representative Joe Carr (R-48) will be busy this year focusing on issues important to District 48. Please check back on this website for regular updates. The category above called … Full story
Posted in In Session, Local, News | Tagged Conservative, District 48, General Assembly, House of Representatives, Joe Carr, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
By Joe Carr on September 29, 2010
According to the Tennessean General Mills will expand its Murfreesboro plant adding 80 jobs.
Food giant General Mills said today that it would spend $100 million to expand its Yoplait yogurt plant in Murfreesboro, adding about 80 jobs.
One of
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By Joe Carr on September 25, 2010
According to the Daily News Journal a recently conducted poll shows that consumer conffidence is still lagging.
Overall, confidence among Middle Tennessee consumers has waned since June of this year. This is a reversal of the positive trend in confidence
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By Joe Carr on September 21, 2010
The Tennessean has a great article on the continuing recession in TN.
Official word that the recession ended more than a year ago may come as news to the 7,232 Tennesseans who filed new unemployment claims last week, and economists
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