Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman is a reporter with the Tennessee Lookout. He has a particular love for data and using numbers to explain all kinds of topics. If you have a story idea, he'd love to hear it. Email him at afriedman@tennesseelookout.com or call him at 615-249-8509.
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With one day left until Tennessee’s Republican primary, groups pushing for the adoption of a universal private school voucher program have poured record money into the state’s election. -
Ahead of Tennessee's primary election, pro-voucher groups are spending over $1 million on television advertisement campaigns in an effort to defeat Republican lawmakers who opposed Gov. Bill Lee's universal school voucher proposal. -
FedEx, the Farm Bureau and others secure tax breaks for the basics needed to run businesses -
Tennessee has one of the highest rates of people put in jail or prison, a report released by the Prison Policy Institute found. -
The new electric vehicle factory is set to open in Stanton in early 2026.
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The state economy is growing slightly faster than U.S. as a whole, but not enough to explain the polling split -
Residential property values have grown almost 50% faster than commercial or farm properties, meaning even as counties lower tax rates, homeowners pay a higher share of them -
Tennessee tax revenues are now $494.2 million short of projections, the latest revenue numbers released by the state on Friday show. -
Tennessee’s population swelled to 7.1 million people in 2023, the latest figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show, putting the state on track to snag a 10th U.S. House of Representatives seat during the next redistricting cycle eight years from now. -
Tennessee’s transportation infrastructure needs have grown almost every year since 2008, reports compiled by the state’s intergovernmental advisory agency show.
