Thu
Feb 9 2023
10:10 am
Routing more cars to places like Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg seems like a bad idea.
If you want more people visiting there, some other approaches to people moving should be explored.
Tenn. roadbuilder group backs funding side of Lee’s $3.3B infrastructure plan
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TN Politics
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- US Senate panel approves Warsh as new Fed chair, as Americans struggle with soaring costs (TN Lookout)
- The 2026 Tennessee General Assembly in photos (TN Lookout)
- US Supreme Court limits use of race in congressional district remaps, diluting Voting Rights Act (TN Lookout)
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Knox TN Today
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- A Visit to the Top of Old Smoky with Stephen Lyn Bales (Knox TN Today)
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- One Knoxville's best-ever U.S. Open Cup run ends in Round of 16 (WATE)
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- After 12 days and four phones, store manager helps East TN woman activate her phone (WATE)
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- Letter to the editor: Report undermined county program, should have celebrated it - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Oil Prices Soar as Iran Standoff Shows No End in Sight - The New York Times (Business)
- Powell to remain as Fed governor, denying Trump a key vacancy - Axios (Business)
- Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling - The Washington Post (US News)
- Kevin Warsh wanted a family fight at the Fed. It has already started. - Reuters (Business)
- Brown University shooting suspect driven by ‘accumulation of grievances’, FBI says - The Guardian (US News)
- Republicans unlock filibuster-skirting power to pump billions of dollars to ICE - Politico (US News)
- Google Cloud revenue is now 18% of Alphabet's business. Is this the beginning of the end of Google's search identity? - Fortune (Business)
- Iran war has cost the US $25 billion, Pentagon says - USA Today (US News)
- Trump says he is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Iran feud - AP News (US News)
- Brent crude hits 4-year high, soaring past $126, as U.S. military to reportedly brief Trump on action against Iran - CNBC (US News)
- On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets - TechCrunch (Business)
- U.S. charges 10 Mexican officials, including Sinaloa governor, with drug trafficking - CBS News (US News)
- What the Royal State Dinner Guest List Says About Trump’s America - The New York Times (US News)
- Interest rates expected to be held as uncertainty over Iran war continues - BBC (Business)
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