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TN: Pharmacy and Wholesale Company to Locate First Operations in Tenn., Creating 120 Jobs
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and PANTHERx® Rare Pharmacy officials announced the company’s plans to establish a new dispensing site in Collierville, Tennessee. The Collierville facility will be the company’s first base in the Volunteer State and when completed,...
Federal lawsuit challenges Tennessee’s new bail law
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Legal advocates of the Memphis-based justice reform group Just City have filed a federal lawsuit against the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and General Sessions Criminal Court, alleging that a new Tennessee law targeting repeat offenders in Shelby County is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union...
New Titans stadium prioritizing local builders and workers, even training those without construction experience
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Leaders in charge of building the new Tennessee Titans stadium are hopeful the project will launch hundreds of local workers into a rewarding construction career. The Tennessee Builders Alliance (TBA) is offering classes to teach Middle Tennesseans about workplace safety, construction math, and how to operate...
No Middle Tennessee school districts have announced plans to arm teachers as new year starts
As school districts throughout Tennessee prepare to start the new year, none have formally announced that they will be arming teachers, according to the Tennessee Education Association.
Boar's Head recall expands to 7 million pounds of deli meat, including in Tennessee
Boar’s Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of meat and poultry products over possible listeria contamination after a lawsuit said the Virginia-based company's deli meats made someone "deathly ill." The recall includes Tennessee. The recall includes 71 Boar’s Head and Old Country products made between May 10 and July 29, according...
Tennessee Folks Among Most Financially Distressed in the U.S.
It's no secret that folks all around the U.S. are in financial distress, but according to WalletHub, people in states like Tennessee seem to have it the worst. I've spent most of my life in Indiana, but I also spent a year in both Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively. Having lived in each of those states, I came to have a good understanding of the housing market, taxes, and average utility bill in those areas. From my personal experience, the most expensive of the three was undoubtedly Kentucky. I definitely paid more in taxes and utility bills in Kentucky than the other two states. That said, the housing market was slightly better in the Bluegrass State than both Indiana and Tennessee.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee views school vouchers as a way to 'undo the disparities'
Gov. Bill Lee is doubling down on his comments calling school choice the "civil rights issue of our time" ahead of a Thursday election that could emerge as a referendum on his signature private school voucher plan. Lee’s comments, first made during a primetime address at the Republican National Committee, rankled Democrats and...
Editor’s notebook: A look at Tennessee’s primary election
As a news organization that exclusively covers politics and policy, the staff of the Tennessee Lookout lives for Election Days like Thursday’s primary. To use a sports analogy, it’s not quite the Super Bowl — that comes on the Nov. 5 federal election — but it’s at least the AFC and NFC championship games. We’ll […]
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