Tennessee Officials Won’t Say What Companies Benefit From $1.2B Tax Refund – Property Records Provide A Clue

Nissan, FedEx, Brown-Forman (The Owner Of Jack Daniels) And Eastman Chemical Each Control Over $500 Million Worth Of Assets In Tennessee, Making Them The Most Likely Beneficiaries Of Gov. Bill Lee’s Plan To Change The State’s Business Property Tax.

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Tennessee Attorney General Threatens Fortune 100 Companies Order With Legal Action For Race-Based Policies

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Is Leading A Coalition Warning The Nation’s Largest Companies — Many Of Which Have Diversity And Equity Programs — They Could Face Legal Action For Using Race-Based Policies.

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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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Gov. Lee To Decide On Tennessee Airports, Teacher Pay And Sports Gambling Bills

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Will Be Facing A Decision On Whether To Sign Several Key Pieces Of Legislation This Week That Were Sent To Him May 9, Following The End Of The Legislative Session.

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Tennessee Lawmakers Alter Airport Funding, Nashville Airport Board

The Tennessee Legislature Continued To Change The Way Its Airports Are Funded Through Legislation Passed In The Final Days Of Session.

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TN Senate Committee Approves Lowering Aviation Fuel Tax Cap For FedEx, Others

A Tennessee Bill That Passed Senate Committee Tuesday Would Reduce The Aviation Fuel Tax Cap On Commercial Companies Down To $1 Million, Which Would Have An Additional $10.6 Million Impact On The State’s Transportation Equity Fund.

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Tennessee Airports Continue Request For $125M In Annual State Funding

Tennessee’s Airports Came To A Senate Committee Wednesday Again Asking To Receive $125 Million In Annual State Funding As The State Continues To Lower The Fuel Taxes That Once Funded Those Airports.

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Special Interest Groups Spend $60 Million A Year To Curry Favor With Tennessee Legislators

Special Interest Groups Spend Approximately $60 Million A Year In An Effort To Curry Favor With Tennessee Legislators. That’s Almost A Third Of A Billion Dollars Over The Past Five Years. And All Of This Is Absolutely Legal.

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Tennessee’s Airports Seek $125M In New Annual Funding

The Tennessee Association Of Air Carrier Airports Asked For An Annual Funding Increase Of $125 Million Wednesday During A Presentation To The Senate Transportation And Safety Committee.

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