Teachers Fired for Social Media Posts, Now Taxpayers Have to Pay Settlements | The States
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The episode discusses free speech settlements related to social media posts and the implications of population shifts and unemployment trends in various states.
Free speech settlements, population shifts, unemployment trends, and AI safety legislation. The Center Square's Kim Jarrett joins to discuss the University of Tennessee's board voting in June to pay $1.9 million to settle with a professor fired last September over a personal social media post about Charlie Kirk's death; the board cited cost savings and didn't address the free speech questions raised. A former Oglethorpe County, Georgia teacher reportedly received $300,000 and an Austin Peay University professor got $500,000 while keeping his job, both over Kirk-related posts. A Perry County, Tennessee man spent a month in jail over a Facebook meme before receiving an $830,000 settlement with FIRE's help. Also in this episode: Texas, Florida and North Carolina lead the nation in gains of prime working-age residents (18-54), while New York, California and Illinois posted the largest losses over the past five years. Analysts project New York could lose 2 congressional seats and California up to 4 after the 2030 census, while Texas and Florida are projected to gain roughly 4 seats each. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2% from 4.3%, but leisure and hospitality lost 61,000 jobs — the…
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