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The battery and vehicle manufacturing facility is expected to create 5,800 jobs.

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The battery and vehicle manufacturing facility is expected to create 5,800 jobs.

The more follows reports of racial disparities.
On Sunday, about a hundred protesters crowded in front of the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and Courthouse in Nashville.
The Katie Beckett program has enrolled fewer than 1,000 children, far short of the state's estimate.
A DACA recipient and small business owner from Memphis says her temporary immigration status puts her family in limbo.
Federal judge Sheryl Lipman is unconvinced there's enough evidence to move forward.
Tennessee has the 12th highest rate of gun deaths in the nation.
Bristol is a split city, straddling Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee, with the state line cutting straight down its main street.
Also in this week's edition of Stockard on the Stump: Briggs strays off the GOP reservation.
The Tennessee state senator is facing federal charges of embezzlement and fraud.
Herbert Slatery’s office has led in prosecuting opioid malefactors; costly and losing cases have come under Lee.
The kids regained some of their pandemic learning loss, according to new data the state released Wednesday.
The group is concerned that current policies have failed to address racial disparities.
On Wednesday, Congress heard about a 5-year-old girl from Tennessee who was orphaned due to COVID-19.
Few school options for special needs kids during COVID add stress for parents.
Protections have also been added for residents living near toxic materials.
Tennessee ranks at the bottom nationally for COVID-19 vaccination rates.
The funds are for recovery from hurricanes, wildfires and floods.
Rep. Yusuf Hakeem says he fears students won't learn about important people in history, such as George Washington Carver, without the bill.
Dr. Katrina Green has started a petition for Mayor Cooper and the Metro Department of Health to reinstate the mask mandate.