City Leaders Work To Meet Demands As Tri-Cities Continue To Show Record Growth Rates
The Tri-Cities Have Experienced A Record Increase In Growth For The Second Year In A Row, Following Several Years Of Increase At A Much Slower Rate.
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After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed To A Crawl
Ballad Health, A 20-Hospital System In The Tri-Cities Region Of Tennessee And Virginia, Benefits From The Largest State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly In The United States. In The Six Years Since Lawmakers In Both States Waived Anti-Monopoly Laws And Ballad Was Formed, ER Visits For Patients Sick Enough To Be Hospitalized Grew More Than Three Times As Long And Now Far Exceed The Criteria Set By State Officials.
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Tennessee Awards Nearly $18M In Site Development Grants
Tennessee Has Committed To Hand Out $17.9 Million In Grants For The Development Of 12 Sites In Order To Prepare Those Sites For Potential Businesses.
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Pork Report: In-N-Out Subsidies, TPAC Move Are Wasteful Government Spending
Nearly $5 Million In Taxpayer Subsidies For In-N-Out Burger, $200 Million To Move The Tennessee Performing Arts Center And Large Property Tax Increases Were All Included In Beacon Center’s Annual Pork Report On Wasteful Taxpayer Spending In The State.
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Over 14 Thousand, Including Children & Democrat US Senate Hopeful, Attended TriPride Festival Which Included Drag Shows
According To Organizers Of The TriPride Festival, Over 14 Thousand People – Children Included – Attended The Event Held In Johnson City, TN, In September With Democrat U.S. Senate Hopeful Gloria Johnson In Attendance As One Of Two Parade Grand Marshals.
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Tennessee Gas Prices Rising But Well Below 2022 Averages
Gas Prices Are Slowly Rising Across Tennessee But Still Are Not Nearing Prices From A Year Ago.
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TACIR Recommends Tennessee Add Memphis-Nashville-Chattanooga Passenger Rail
Tennessee Should Move Forward On Plans To Pursue A Passenger Rail Line From Nashville To Chattanooga To Atlanta, According To A New Report From The Tennessee Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.
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What City In Tennessee Has The Most People On Food Stamps?
Of The 10 Metro Areas With Available Data In Tennessee, This City Has The Highest SNAP Recipiency Rate. According To The ACS, 15.3% Of All Area Households Received SNAP Benefits In 2021. Meanwhile, The SNAP Recipiency Rate Across The State As A Whole Stands At 11.9%.
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New Law Blocks Nashville’s Supermajority Requirement For Speedway Demolition
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Has Signed A Bill To Block Metro Nashville’s Requirement For A Council Supermajority Vote On Demolition At The Fairgrounds Speedway.
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Bristol, Virginia City Council Approves Ban On Abortion Clinics
A Tennessee Abortion Clinic That Made Its Way Across State Lines To Virginia After The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade Is Now Receiving Backlash. Elected Leaders In Bristol, Virginia Are Now Pushing A Zoning Law That Would Prohibit New Abortion Clinics Within City Limits.
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