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The Redemption Project highlights redemption stories, showing us how your past does not define your future.
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The AI and Data-Center Election Tennessee Did Not Know It Was Having (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence infrastructure has turned electricity, water, land use and local control into a statewide political issue. Blackburn sees an economic opportunity that needs careful placement. Green wants companies to carry more of the costs and risks. Pinkston wants new construction paused until Tennessee writes statewide rules.Nashville, Tenn –… Read more
Taxes, Wages and the Cost of Government: How the Three Economic Plans Add Up (opens the original)
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Marsha Blackburn wants Tennessee to stay a low-tax, low-regulation state. Jerri Green wants government to do more for workers and families without raising taxes. Lauren Pinkston mixes tax relief with targeted investment and new costs for some developers. The real argument is not whether Tennesseans should prosper. It is who should pay for the government each plan requires.Nashville, Tenn – Tennessee enters this governor’s race with an unusual economic structure.The state does not tax earned pers
Marijuana: Tennessee’s Next Governor Will Inherit a Policy Debate the Legislature Has Avoided (opens the original)
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Tennessee regulates a legal hemp market while continuing to prohibit marijuana and stopping short of a comprehensive medical-cannabis program. Jerri Green supports full legalization. Lauren Pinkston has taken a position on hemp but not marijuana. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial platform currently does not address marijuana at all. Read more
The Lottery Ticket Says Education. Where Did Your $20 Really Go? (opens the original)
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Tennessee has sold more than $33 billion in lottery tickets since 2004. Most of that money went back to players as prizes. Billions more went to education and retailers. The ticket is simple. The financial system behind it is not.By Brandon L. BurleyThe Redemption Project Newsroom | Follow the DollarThe clerk takes the $20.The machine prints the tickets.Maybe they are scratch-offs.Maybe Powerball.Maybe Cash 3.The customer puts them in a pocket and walks away carrying two possibilities.One is obv
Redemption Story of the Week: Frankie Muniz — The Life After Malcolm Became the Point (opens the original)
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Frankie Muniz did not lose everything after childhood fame. He deliberately walked away from part of it, chased other dreams and eventually found something he now says sits above all of them: faith in Jesus Christ.By Brandon L. BurleyThe Redemption Project | Redemption Story of the WeekFor a generation of television viewers, Frankie Muniz will probably always be Malcolm.He was 13 when Malcolm in the Middle premiered in 2000. The role made him one of the most recognizable child actors in America,
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