Tennessee Pledges $107M To DCS Facility Improvements

The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services Is Set To Receive $107 Million In Additional Funding After The State Building Commission Approved Funds To Design The New Woodland Hills And John S. Wilder Youth Development Centers, As Well As Renovations And Construction Of Assessment And Intake Facilities.

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Tennessee Released Report On Claimed 2022 Tourism Numbers

The Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development Again Released Large Claims About Tourism In The State, This Time Saying The State Saw $28.9 Billion In Direct Visitor Spending In 2022 After Estimating That Number At $27.5 Billion In March. Those Claims, However, Are Called Into Question By Economists.

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Tennessee Woman Uses Past Trauma As Motivation To Empower Other Women Through Gun Ownership

In A Glaring Example Of Why A Decent Amount Of Women, Liberal And Conservative Alike, Are In Favor Of Gun Ownership, A Woman In Williamson County Has Chosen To Transform A Childhood Of Abuse And Rape Into Something Positive.

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Tennessee Dept Of Children’s Services Spending $400M On Intake, Juvenile Detention Projects

Six Months After Removing The Last Children From State Offices Because They Had Nowhere Else To Go, The Department Received Approval To Start Work On An Assessment Center And Two Intake Facilities, Nine Facilities Total, In The State’s Three Grand Divisions At A Total Cost Of $88.3 Million.

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Tennessee Has 37th Highest Property Tax Rates In U.S.

Tennessee Has The 37th Highest Property Tax Rate On Owner-Occupied Property In The Country, According To A New Report From The Tax Foundation.

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