Tennessee Spent $81M On Site Development Grants Since 2016
Tennessee Has Spent More Than $81 Million On Its Site Development Grant Program To Help Pay To Get Rural Industrial Sites Prepared For Businesses Since The Program Began In 2016.
Read moreTennessee Has Spent More Than $81 Million On Its Site Development Grant Program To Help Pay To Get Rural Industrial Sites Prepared For Businesses Since The Program Began In 2016.
Read moreTennessee Gov. Bill Lee Was Given A “D” By The Cato Institute In Its Annual Fiscal Report Card On America’s Governors. Lee’s Ranking Was Based On His Spending And Taxing Record, Including This Year’s Budget, Which Included $500 Million Toward A New Titans Stadium.
Read moreTennessee Has Committed To More Than $60 Million In FastTrack Economic Incentive Grants To Businesses This Year After Committing More Than $200 Million Of The Grants To Businesses In 2021.
Read moreBillion-Dollar Economic Incentives, Including The One That Tennessee Gave To Ford For Its Plan To Build A $5.6 Billion Electric Truck Plant Outside Memphis, Are Increasing Across The Country, According To A New Report From The Center For Economic Accountability.
Read moreAfter The Announcement Last Friday That The U.S. Supreme Court Had Overturned Roe V. Wade, Corporate-Owned Businesses In Tennessee Have Been Working On Ways To Sidestep The Expected Upcoming Trigger Law Abortion Ban In Tennessee And The Heartbeat Law, Now In Effect After The Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Lifted The Injunction On The Law First Passed In 2020.
Read moreSince the Blue Oval City project came to light, there have been many questions raised about the wisdom of our state leaders engaging in this project. When leadership is challenged, the public refrain is typically “it’s about the jobs.” The companion refrain involving other public topics is often – “it’s for the children.”
Valid concerns were raised about the Blue Oval City deal that went unanswered. Among them, “Is Ford aligning itself with Tennessee values?” Or, “is Tennessee going to align itself with Ford’s values?” – The latter seems more likely.
Read moreThe Ford Motor Company, Whose Forthcoming Electric Truck Plant In West Tennessee Was Landed By State Leaders With $900 Million In Taxpayer Incentives, Has Just Settled A Lawsuit Brought By The State Over Claims The Auto Company Engaged In Misleading Advertising That Falsely Inflated Mileage Claims For Some Of Its Vehicles Over The Past Decade.
Read moreTennessee Allocated Six Incentive Grants Worth At Least $1 Million To Companies This Year Who Are Either Building New Facilities Or Expanding Facilities In The State.
Read moreConstruction Contractors Who Perform More Than $100,000 Of Work At The State Megasite Outside Of Memphis Will Have To Register With The State After Gov. Bill Lee Signed A Bill Into Law.
Read moreTennessee Gov. Bill Lee Didn’t Waste Time Signing A New Public School Funding Formula Bill Just Four Days After It Was Passed On The Floor Of The Tennessee Legislature. But The Process For Other Bills Passed In The Waning Days Of Session Has Taken Longer. Several Key Late-Session Bills Have Not Been Sent To Lee Yet For His Signature.
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