Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing the state spend $207 million on state parks, blueways development, farmland conservation and outdoor recreation in this year’s budget. Overall, the budget proposal is for $52.6 billion with $25.4 billion from the state and $19.8 […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee’s inventory of infrastructure needs is $5.4 billion higher than a year ago, according to a new report from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The largest increases included post-secondary education ($1.2 billion) and both water and wastewater projects ($1.1 billion). The largest driver […]
Image: Interstate 275 – Tennessee Image Credit: Doug Kerr / CC By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Tennessee’s transportation infrastructure needs have grown almost every year since 2008, reports compiled by the state’s intergovernmental advisory agency show. Over that period, lawmakers have partially addressed the backlog by raising the gas tax in 2017 and dedicating […]
Four companies hired with maximum contracts totaling $56M. Image: Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Butch Eley, second from left, unveiling the first four toll lane projects proposed by the state at a December 2023 press conference. Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The Tennessee Department of Transportation hired […]
Image Credit: RawPixel / Public Domain The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee voters say education and the economy should be the top priorities of state government, according to a recent Vanderbilt Poll. The poll surveyed 1,005 registered voters between Nov. 14 and Dec. 2. Those voters were given 10 topics and chose education […]
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