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Tractor Supply's reversal on DEI commitments draws community backlash
In October of 2021, less than three years ago, Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton wrote a guest opinion column for USA TODAY Network Tennessee about his Brentwood-based company’s new commitment to climate sustainability as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. The company established five-year goals to be achieved by 2026. Those goals included:
TN commission recommends using tax revenues to encourage local governments adopt rules that spur housing development
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In late May, a state commission tasked with studying the factors behind housing affordability released its findings. In its report, the commission recommended the state start working with local governments to change zoning rules and open up areas where developers could build more homes. The Tennessee...
THED Announces Increase in College-Going Rate for the Class of 2023
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced significant momentum today in increasing the state’s college-going rate, highlighted by a 2.4 percentage point increase for the class of 2023 over the class of 2022. The state’s 56.7% college-going rate for the class of 2023 represents the largest year-over-year increase since...
Escaped inmate captured in SC, awaiting extradition back to TN
Escaped inmate Billy Fletcher was captured in Greenville County, S.C., on Thursday evening following a multi-state search into his whereabouts after he walked off a work detail at the Carter County Detention Center. South Carolina authorities took Fletcher into custody after receiving a tip from the public regarding his location. “We are now awaiting Fletcher’s […] The post Escaped inmate captured in SC, awaiting extradition back to TN appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Body of missing 7-year-old Tennessee girl with autism found in lake
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WTVC) — The body of a 7-year-old Tennessee girl with autism was found Thursday at the bottom of a lake near home not even an hour after an Amber Alert was issued. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) sent a statewide AMBER Alert a little before 10:30...
Tennessee courts will look to put filings online
(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure decided to start a committee looking into rules to make court briefs available online moving forward. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight Tarwater will chair the committee, which will include commission Chairman Gino Bulso, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Tom Greenholtz, former […]
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