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IRS: Tennessee $4.7B individual income increase from in-migration
(The Center Square) – Tennessee saw the fifth-largest population increase from other states between 2021 and 2022, according to new data released by the Internal Revenue Service. Tennessee saw a net increase of nearly 60,600 during that calendar year, a population increase of 0.87% during the year, with a net increase of nearly $4.7 billion in adjusted gross income on individual tax returns. Tennessee saw an increase of a net...
Tennessee Target Stores Implement New Self-Checkout Rule
Target has announced a significant change to its self-checkout system. The retail giant transitioned its regular self-checkout lanes to express self-checkout lanes at most of its 2000 locations across the United States. This new system is designed for customers with 10 items or fewer, aiming to speed up the checkout process for those with smaller purchases.
Cherokee tribe seeks to halt construction of new Moccasin Bend facility on historic land
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Earlier this year, Tennessee lawmakers approved a plan to build a new Moccasin Bend mental health facility on the existing site. Ever since the state announced that plan, there has been push back from several groups. Advocates met back in April to discuss alternatives or new...
Health care law changes begin July 1
(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s plan to unwind certificate of need, protection of power of attorney rights and several TennCare coverage changes went into effect Monday with the new fiscal year. TennCare must retain coverage for individuals with disabilities who have employment through a buy-in program, it must cover mental health services at the same rates for alcoholism and drug dependency and it must cover medical expenses for genetic testing to identify treatments for children with rare diseases. ...
Here's how suburban school districts in the Memphis area did on recent statewide tests
Last week, the Tennessee Department of Education released the latest Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores, and it touted modest growth seen throughout the state. The percentage of Tennessee students scoring proficiently in English Language Arts rose from 38% in 2023 to 39% in 2024, while the percentage of science students scoring proficiently rose from 43% in 2023 to 44% in 2024.
She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.
When Anna Wolfe won the Pulitzer Prize for her dogged reporting on Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal, she had no inkling she was soon going to have to contend with the possibility of going to jail. But just over a year after she secured journalism’s top award for exposing how...
‘Love me enough to turn yourself in’: Family pleads for homicide suspect to surrender
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office continues its manhunt for 28-year-old Jaylan McCollins, a family is grieving the loss of two loved ones. Family members told WREG that a young woman and her father were killed early Monday morning. They say that the tragedy was the result of a breakup that turned […]
MPD: Suspects pull victim from Jeep outside of gas station
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are looking for a pair of suspects they say pulled a victim from his Jeep and attempted to carjack him outside of a gas station. On June 24 at 8:42 a.m., officers responded to a carjacking at 3388 Macon Road. They were told that the victim exited the Macon Express […]
Consideration to delay progression of homeless shelter rejected at July city council
The progression of the downtown homeless shelter continued to be a point of conversation among Jackson City Council on Tuesday. Before breaking ground in April 2023, the need for the shelter was spawned by the death of a local, unhoused individual who lost his life during a winter storm in 2020.
Assistant Memphis Police chief lives in Georgia: MPD
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The assistant chief of the Memphis Police Department lives in Georgia, MPD says. Shawn Jones, Deputy Director of Police Services, retired from the Atlanta Police Department in 2016 and joined MPD in September 2021. His current salary is $177,768 a year. Memphis Police confirmed Tuesday that Jones’ primary residence is still in Georgia. […]
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