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What Tennessee’s Republican Leadership Doesn’t Want You To Know About Illegal Immigration (Update 2.27.24)

***Update 2.27.24 – The article has been updated with relevant legislation being considered in the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly.*** Image Credit: Blake Wylie / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes, Kelly M. Jackson & Jason Vaughn] – Foreward While Republican leadership takes to social media and the campaign trail, pledging their promises to combat […]

Transportation Act Slows Tennessee’s Infrastructure Needs, Doesn’t Reverse Them

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 […]