West Tennessee is growing, but counties surrounding BlueOval City still lag projections • Tennessee Lookout
West Tennessee may be on track to add more than 176,000 people to its population over 25 years following the announcement of Ford and SK’s Blueoval City in 2021, but it is one of the closest to new manufacturing plants. The county has yet to see the resident count balloons. The large electric vehicle and […]
Tennessee, Southeast lag nation in energy efficiency ahead of growing energy demand • Tennessee Lookout
NASHVILLE – The Southeast utility company lags behind the national energy efficiency average, with Tennessee’s relatively low energy savings being partially responsible. New Report. A report exploring energy efficiency in the southeastern, published in January by Southern Alliance Forklean Energy, compares energy saved by utility through efficiency measurements to energy sold by that utility, and […]
Lawmakers press Social Security on lag in paying expanded benefits to public employees • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – US senators from both parties wrote to representative social security committees Thursday, expressing concerns that it may take more than a year to implement the profit expansion that Congress approved last year. “The Social Security Equity Act provides full social security benefits for millions of teachers, police officers, firefighters and other civil servants […]
Tucson trims building permit lag time but much to be done
The City of Tucson has improved the time it takes to approve building permits and plans since introducing a new online permit system last fall. But business leaders say there is still much work to be done and the city has acknowledged that there is room for improvement as it optimizes the new system, and […]
