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(The Center Square) – Funding road construction and improvements with fuel taxes is becoming an outdated method, one economist says, and two Tennessee lawmakers are looking at alternative revenue sources.
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(The Center Square) – Two former employees of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Elizabethton, are charged with theft and other offenses in connection with the misappropriation of more than $1 million.
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(The Center Square) – An east Tennessee family said Friday they are asking Cleveland officials to delay action on a proposed data center project.
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(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding partnerships with local law enforcement in Tennessee resulting in major arrests of violent criminals.
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(The Center Square) – Tennessee does not have a statewide property tax, and voters will be able to permanently ensure that one is never implemented in November, but their recourse when it comes to local property taxes is limited.
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(The Center Square) – A year after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding that deployed the National Guard to Memphis and led to a task force, legal challenges are ongoing as federal and state officials tout statistics showing a reduction in crime.
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(The Center Square) – Lukas Salyer is not surprised at the pushback to a proposed data center on his family's southeast Tennessee property, but hopes a new agreement reached with local officials will ease some concerns.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights have settled a discrimination claim against a private Tennessee university accused of discriminating against Jewish students.
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(The Center Square) – Applications for Tennessee's $43 million Quantum Utilization Buildout Infrastructure and Technology Grant Program are being accepted until Oct. 23, according to the Department of Economic and Community Development.
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(The Center Square) – Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell's political action committee is funding a Voter Protection Program to be run by the Tennessee Democratic Party.
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(The Center Square) – Nashville's Vanderbilt University ranked fifth in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's College Free Speech Rankings 2027, earning a C-plus and the University of Memphis received a D, the lowest of the four Tennessee schools surveyed.
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(The Center Square) – The Tennessee town of Collegedale is addressing privacy concerns about automated license plate readers by taking the cameras down altogether.
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(The Center Square) – The majority of Tennesseans surveyed said they opposed giving tax breaks to data centers, while the majority supported a bill that keeps electricity costs from being passed on to consumers.
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