James Evans
Coverage of James Evans in the Nexus archive.
- Rutherford County Schools searching for bus drivers before school starts next week
Rutherford County Schools is struggling to hire enough bus drivers before the Aug. 7 school start date, leading to potential delays. The district introduced two new pay tiers to address the shortage and added nine new buses as a buffer after a February insurance lapse disrupted 6,000 students.
- Poplar Hill Middle School to open in Rutherford County to ease overcrowding
Rutherford County Schools opened Poplar Hill Middle School, a $59.9 million facility near Murfreesboro, to address overcrowding and replace portable classrooms. The 169,000-square-foot school will serve 850 students in grades 6-8 and is part of a district-wide rezoning effort amid rapid growth in the I-24 and 840 corridors.
- Reform MP chair of Welsh environment committee may ‘undermine scrutiny’, says thinktank
A Reform UK MP, James Evans, has been appointed chair of a Welsh environmental committee, prompting a green thinktank to warn that his past criticism of green energy projects could undermine scrutiny. The thinktank expressed concerns over the appointment's impact on ministerial oversight.