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Boosting home energy efficiency nets Tennesseans $64M in tax …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · About 9,700 Tennessee taxpayers netted nearly $30.3 million in clean energy credits — an average of $3,110 per family. Another $33.7 million in energy efficiency improvement credits were granted on 37,320 tax returns — an average of $902 per return. But the tax credit system has also faced criticism for funneling benefits toward homeowners ...
Hargett remains Secretary of State despite modicum of …
WEBJan 13, 2021 · The General Assembly overwhelmingly re-elected Secretary of State Tre Hargett to the constitutional office, despite opposition from some Democrats, and elevated former legislator Jason Mumpower to the post of Tennessee Comptroller, replacing the retiring Justin Wilson. Twelve Democrats out of 132 members in the 112th General Assembly voted ...
Memphis megasite to land $5.6B Ford plant - Tennessee Lookout
WEBSep 27, 2021 · Ford and SK Innovation will invest $5.6 billion to build a 3,600-acre mega campus called Blue Oval City on the Memphis Regional Megasite, where production of next generation all-electric F-Series trucks will begin in 2025. The project will result in the creation of 5,800 new jobs in West Tennessee. The State of Tennessee intends to offer an ...
Tennessee law to let teachers carry guns in schools caused a …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · After the 2022 rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, for instance, families of the 19 victims sued police over the botched response, and also reached a $2 million settlement with the city, including the promise of higher standards and better training for local officers.In Oxford, Michigan, families of four high school students killed in a 2021 shooting there accused the school ...
Production at Ford's West Tenn. plant delayed to 2027 in attempt …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Production of Ford Motor Company’s electric next-generation pickup truck at its new West Tennessee plant will be delayed until 2027, the company announced Wednesday.. Construction on the new campus continues, and the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center where the truck will be manufactured still plans to employ 3,000 workers, a Ford spokesperson confirmed.
Tennessee Department of Correction seeks $9.8M budget boost, …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · The Tennessee Department of Correction is seeking a $9.8 million budget boost next year primarily linked to a payment increase for private prison operator CoreCivic. CoreCivic is contracted to run four Tennessee prisons that house roughly 7,500 inmates — about 16% of the state’s penitentiary population.
Expect Republicans and Democrats to compete in eight Tennessee …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · State Republicans and Democrat leaders hesitated to share their election plans, trying not to tip their strategy to the other party. Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth of Portland said his caucus was …
Amended: All four amendments to Tennessee's Constitution pass ...
WEBNov 10, 2022 · All four were approved, but none with a higher margin than the anti-slavery measure. In a news release Tuesday, Amendment 3 proponents called its passage “a ringing endorsement of freedom in our state. We have proven this was not right or left, it was wrong.”. Voters also embraced Amendment 1, which enshrines “right-to-work” in the ...
Mason, TN residents demand restoration of community center …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The Bernard Community Center is located just south of Interstate 40, about two miles down the road from Ford Motor Co’s 4,100-acre electric truck and battery plant BlueOval City. The plant is expected to spur a population boom in Tipton, Haywood and Fayette counties when it opens in 2025. Fayette County, Tenn. Mayor Rhea “Skip” Taylor.