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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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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Large Business Economic Incentives Benefit The TN Politicians Who Approved Them, Report Says
In Tennessee, Ford Motor Company Was Approved For $884 Million In Incentives For Its $5.6 Billion Project A Year Ago. The State Has Given Out At Least Five Grants Of $1 Million Or More In 2022. A New Report States That The Economic Impact Reports Used To Support Incentive Decisions Are Consistently Inaccurate And Inflated.
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Corporate-Owned Businesses Scramble For Ways To Sidestep Tennessee Abortion Ban
After 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.
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Op-Ed: Why Are Tennesseans Subsidizing Ford Motor Co.?
Since 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.
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Ford Motors Settles Lawsuit With Tennessee Over Misleading Advertising
The 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.
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Tennessee Has Given Out Six FastTrack Incentive Grants of $1Million Or Greater So Far In 2022
Tennessee 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.
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Governor Lee Signs Ford Megasite Contractor Transparency Bill Into Law
Construction 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.
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TN Legislature Passes Contract Transparency Bill For Ford Megasite Construction
The Tennessee Legislature Reached An Agreement On A Bill That Could Provide More Transparency On Construction Contracts With Ford’s Blue Oval City Megasite Development In West Tennessee.
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Tennessee Lawmakers Seek Compromise On Blue Oval City Transparency Bill
A Bill Calling For The Disclosure Of Construction Contracts At Ford’s Blue Oval City In West Tennessee Is Headed To A Conference Committee.
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