Developer-Backed Bill To End Wetlands Protections Shelved By Tennessee Senate

A Controversial Bill To Roll Back Protections On More Than 430,000 Acres Of Wetlands In Tennessee Has Been Effectively Defeated, With A Senate Committee Voting Wednesday To Send The Measure To A Legislative Study Session Over The Summer.

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Ford’s Blue Oval Projects In Tennessee, Kentucky Move Forward Despite Michigan Stoppage

Ford Has Halted Construction On An Electric Vehicle Battery Plant In Michigan But Construction Is Ongoing And Not Interrupted On Large-Scale Projects In Tennessee And Kentucky.

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Tennessee To Give Ford Electric Truck Supplier $13M In Incentives

Tennessee Has Committed To Give $13 Million In Incentives To A Supplier For Ford’s New Electric Truck Factory At BlueOval City.

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Magna, Ford Electric Truck Supplier, To Build Three Facilities In Tennessee

A Supplier Will Spend $790 Million To Build Two Facilities At Blue Oval City To Supply Ford’s New Electric Truck Factory, According To Tennessee’s Department Of Economic And Community Development.

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Federal Government Agrees To $9.2B Loan For Ford Projects In Tennessee And Kentucky

The U.S. Department Of Energy Has Conditionally Agreed To Loan Ford Motor Co. Up To $9.2 Billion For The Blue Oval Projects In Kentucky And Tennessee.

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Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations Get Billions More In Taxpayer Dollars For Doing Business In Tennessee

Companies Worth Many Billions Of Dollars Are Set To Receive Billions More In Grants And Loans For Doing Business In Tennessee. FedEx Will Get A $2 Million Grant, And Ford Motor Company Has Been Conditionally Approved For A $9.2 Billion Loan.

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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.

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TN Governor Bill Lee Given ‘D’ Grade By Cato Institute For Spending, Taxing Policies

Tennessee 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.

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Tennessee Has Committed To At Least $60M In Economic Incentive Grants This Year

Tennessee 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.

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Large Economic Incentives Like Those In Tennessee Increasing Exponentially

Billion-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.

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