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Tyson Foods' expansion in west Tennessee is pitting longtime …
WEBMay 3, 2021 · A “putrid” smell. Just north of Beech Bluff in Weakley County, 16 mammoth chicken houses sit right across the fence marking the Burton farm property line, including the home of 58-year-old Jerry Burton, who is a fifth generation Tennessee farmer.
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WEBSep 10, 2024 · BY: Adam Friedman - September 11, 2024. Jim Sasser, a three-term representative from Tennessee to the U.S. Senate and former chair of the state Democratic Party, died Tuesday at 87. Sasser was the last Democrat to hold a U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee, during an era when Democrats dominated state politics. His 1994 defeat with hindsight marked ...
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WEB6 days ago · BY: Anita Wadhwani - September 19, 2024. Tennessee needs more than $3 billion by 2027 to repair, replace and expand wastewater treatment systems as infrastructure crumbles and population increases, a state analysis released Wednesday found. The first-of-its-kind snapshot of Tennessee’s aging waste systems by the Tennessee Advisory Commission ...
Amended: All four amendments to Tennessee's Constitution pass ...
WEBNov 10, 2022 · All four were approved, but none with a higher margin than the anti-slavery measure. In a news release Tuesday, Amendment 3 proponents called its passage “a ringing endorsement of freedom in our state. We have proven this was not right or left, it was wrong.”. Voters also embraced Amendment 1, which enshrines “right-to-work” in the ...
Commentary: Four ways Tennessee’s new trust regulations benefit ...
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Tennessee’s national reputation as a leading state to establish and administer a trust took another step forward with the passage of several new regulations on May 12.
Chattanooga Times Free Press announces conversion to all-digital …
WEBSep 11, 2021 · Walter Hussman, CEO of WEHCO Media, owner of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. (Screen grab from YouTube.) The Chattanooga Times Free Press, one of Tennessee’s largest daily news outlets, is converting to an all-digital format with the exception of a Sunday print edition, publisher Walter Hussman announced Saturday.
Expect Republicans and Democrats to compete in eight Tennessee …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · With less than 100 days until the election, state Republicans and Democrats have narrowed their election maps to a handful of seats as each party sees a chance to add members to next year’s General Assembly. Republicans have limited opportunities to expand their caucus, as they already dominate ...
Chattanooga senator to appeal public records decision in …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an award for being the state's best Sunday newspaper two years in a row.
While battles loom over landfills, Middle Tennessee hurtles toward …
WEBMay 24, 2021 · From a lawsuit over the rejected expansion of a landfill in Nashville to the protracted political battle over closing the landfill in Murfreesboro, the urgency of Middle Tennessee’s trash crisis has increased in intensity in recent months.
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