AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoAgriculture: Gov. Bill Lee extended Tennessee’s dyed-diesel relief program through year-end, allowing farmers and foresters to keep using tax-exempt fuel on public roads and ease high fuel costs. Manufacturing: Valmont Industries is expanding production in Jasper, while PepsiCo has shut a Tennessee bottling plant amid declining soft-drink volumes. Jobs and Investment: Rutherford County unemployment fell to 2.7%. Middle Tennessee Electric also received more than $5.5 million in FEMA disaster-recovery funding. Memphis Development: Memphis approved a 135-day pause on data-center permits while it develops new rules. The debate comes as SpaceX offers a 20% pay increase to employees who relocate to Memphis or Southaven to support its AI supercomputer expansion. Nashville Real Estate: A developer has put the former West End Piggly Wiggly site under contract for a proposed 15-story tower.
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