Tennessee State Agency Says It’s Not Possible To Track Impact Of Broadband Sales Tax Exemption

Tennessee Has No Way Of Knowing If A $31 Million And Counting Sales Tax Exemption For Broadband Companies Is Working As Intended, The State’s Intergovernmental Relations Agency Told Lawmakers In A Memo Filed Last Week.

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How Tennessee Has Assigned Its $3.7B In Federal Pandemic Recovery Funds

Tennessee Has Now Assigned All $3.7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds Across The State, With The Largest Portion Going To The State’s Most Populous County, Davidson.

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Tennessee To Hand Out $185M In Broadband Grants With Federal Funds

Tennessee Plans To Hand Out $185 Million In Broadband Grants From Federal Funds Assigned To The Tennessee Department Of Economic And Community Development.

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Investigation Details Several Issues Within Newport Utilities

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, Working In Conjunction With The Tennessee Valley Authority Office Of Inspector General, Has Completed An Investigation Into Newport Utilities That Uncovered Problems Around Installation Of Broadband And General Operations.

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Home Ownership In These 4 Tennessee Cities May Be Too Expensive In Next Few Years

According To A New Study, Several Tennessee Cities And Towns May Become Unaffordable Places To Own A Home In The Near Future. Coming At No Surprise, Tennessee’s Third Largest Population Center, Knoxville, Makes The List But A Few Others May Come As A Surprise To Many.

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Johnson City’s Struggling Broadband Program Should Be A Warning To Tennessee [Op-Ed]

There’s A New Trend Sweeping Across Tennessee, And It’s Not A New Dance High Schoolers Have Learned On Social Media. In Fact It’s An Even Bigger Waste Of Time And Could Negatively Affect You And Your Neighbors. I’m Talking, Of Course, About Government-Owned Internet.

To Some, It Sounds Nice On Paper. Who Doesn’t Want More Internet Offerings? Isn’t Increasing Internet Access Critical In An Increasingly Online Society? Yes, But Like Any Government Project, The Devil Is In The Details, And The Details Have Been Grim For Consumers. That’s Not Conjecture, It’s Fact: Just Look At The Numbers In Johnson City.

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Lee Signs Budget Appropriations Bill That Includes $500M For New Tennessee Titans Stadium

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Signed An Appropriations Bill That Includes $500 Million Toward A New Tennessee Titans Stadium On Wednesday.

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Chattanooga Agrees To Adopt World Economic Forum’s Smart City Technology Roadmap

Chattanooga, Tennessee Is One Of Only Two Cities Chosen In The United States That Have Agreed To ‘pioneer’ A New Roadmap For Adopting New Technology As Part Of The World Economic Forum’s G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance.

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