
Cassandra Stephenson
Cassandra Stephenson covers issues impacting rural West Tennessee as a Report for America corps member at The Tennessee Lookout.
Tennessee Lookout is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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Bill’s supporters call it a win for private property; Opponents say it’s a loss for all Tennesseans
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Tennessee students will have less access to locally grown foods and Tennessee farmers will lose out on millions of dollars in purchases after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs funding local foods for schools and food banks.
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Flooding touched nearly every part of the 250-person town, left 25 homes significantly damaged
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Emergency management director says scale of disaster unlikely to trigger federal aid
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Community coalition calls on company to make commitments legally binding
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Tennessee is among five states to receive multi-million-dollar awards to re-tool and upgrade automotive facilities to serve the growing electric vehicle market.
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Uncertainty over President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for federal tax credits and loan programs supporting American electric vehicle manufacturing could stall Tennessee’s fast-growing electric vehicle and clean energy industries, analysts say.
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Tennessee’s agriculture department is seeking $20 million to boost farm support programs as one of the state’s biggest industries faces a historic drop in net farm income.
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More than $8 billion flagged for home energy rebates in the Inflation Reduction Act is beginning to trickle out of federal coffers, but Tennessee residents will likely have to wait until the spring of 2025 to start applying for their chunk of change.
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Tennessee’s Medicaid safety net program unlawfully terminated coverage for thousands of Tennessee families, running afoul of the Constitution, federal Medicaid law and protections for people with disabilities, a federal court ruled Monday.