Top stories: August 15

By J. Holly McCall | Editor-in-Chief

Stories of the Week

Local officials in the dark about contract naming Adams as ICE call center site
Stockard on the Stump: Special session talk on tax appraisals rears its head
Report: Trump mass deportation policies cost Tennessee taxpayers $1,961 apiece
Jackson fiber optic cable plant to double size of facility, create 100 new jobs
Grant-funded program to bring cooking labs, fresh local foods to Northwest Tennessee schools
Federal contract documents show ICE 24-hour call center planned for Adams, Tennessee
Tennessee death row inmate seeks U.S. Supreme Court review
Veteran Republican lawmakers lose Tennessee House races
At CoreCivic, immigration crackdowns are good for business

Commentary of the Week

No political saviors: The Tennessee primary election cycle and the politics of maturity | Rev. Earle Fisher

John Cole’s Tennessee: The Department of Homeland Security is planning a 24-hour immigration call center in tiny Adams, Tennessee, prompting one local official to say “I don’t know that little, ole sleepy Adams has got the things that you need” for the project.

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