- You may want to sit down for this one: The days of the I-40 detour around Knoxville are limited because TDOT has finally, finally finished fixing whatever it was they were trying to fix, and 18 days ahead of schedule, no less. They’re pretty proud of this one. [WZTV]
- Times are tough, and more than 3,000 businesses in Tennessee are late paying their taxes. [WSMV]
- Perry County still has the second highest unemployment rate in the country, coming in at a cool 25% for last month. The governor is showing up to announce some new jobs there tomorrow, which has folks pretty excited, but WSMV is betting on anywhere from 15-25 call center jobs. Eesh. [WSMV]
- Have no fear, the EPA is here! To oversee the TVA’s Kingston cleanup, that is. And according to this afternoon’s announcement, the TVA will be footing the bill and reimbursing the feds for all the extra costs they’re incurring. [Tennessean]
- Because the state has tested almost 800 samples and only come up with 54 cases of the swine flu, they’re changing the testing criteria so that more people can have the swine flu. Makes sense to us! [WTVF]
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