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On Monday, Tennessee Rep. Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) made a renewed push to eliminate the grocery sales tax in Tennessee, but Republicans didn’t immediately jump on board. According to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Tennessee is one of 13 states with a sales tax on groceries. However, Tennessee has one of the lower tax rates on groceries with a 4% tax. According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, the average family saved about $100 during the three-month break from the grocery tax. For a full year, eliminating this tax could save the average Tennessee family $400 annually.
Triple A says buckle up it’s going to be a bumpy ride this weekend and motorists should allow plenty of time for what is predicted to be record travel. They also say the busiest time to travel is today between Noon and 8 p.m. Tomorrow will have moderate travel from Noon to 4 p.m. Then light traffic till Sunday. Meanwhile, Tennessee Department of Transportation, all construction-related lane closures will stop from 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, to 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 27. TDOT says even though lane closure activity will be stopped, workers may still be on site in some construction zones, so remember to drive safely and obey posted speeds.
Three Middle Tennessee food truck operators have filed a lawsuit against the city of Mt. Juliet over an ordinance they say discriminates against out-of-city food truck operators like themselves. The ordinance in question requires any food truck not originating from Mt. Juliet to pay a $100-per-day permit fee in order to do business in the Mt. Juliet city limits. Food trucks from Mt. Juliet, however, are only required to pay $100 per year in an annual fee. That $100-per-day fee is “prohibitively expensive” for any outside food truck to earn a living, the suit claims.