Tag: affordability
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Let’s talk about beef.
It used to be a weeknight staple. This year it turned into a luxury. Ground beef hit record prices in 2026. Steaks did too. And here’s the part that should make you mad. The same four companies in the middle of all this get to decide what you pay AND what the rancher gets paid.…
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The biggest housing bill in 30 years is about to pass. It leaves out the homes that many TN-5 residents live in.
Congress’s bipartisan housing bill restricts Wall Street from buying single-family homes – but exempts manufactured homes and skips the two fixes that matter. Here’s the honest read.
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You pay double for sugar – and Tennessee doesn’t even grow it.
I’ve been looking for more solutions that address affordability – you know, that word Trump said Democrats made up? Last week, I wrote about ethanol – how a 1970s rule still forces corn into your gas tank and quietly raises what you pay. Well, sugar works the same way. The federal government caps how much…
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Tennessee turned down $27 billion. Then it lost more hospitals than any state but Texas.
Let’s talk about Healthcare. Tennessee has lost sixteen rural hospitals. That’s more than any state but Texas. One of them was Haywood Park, in Brownsville. It closed in 2014. The building sat empty for eight years. For most of that time, if you had a heart attack in Haywood County, the closest ER was in…
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The rent on the sign isn’t the rent you pay
The listing says $1,095. By the time you sign, it’s $1,250 – and you paid $50 just to apply. Here’s the fee racket renters face, and the bill that fixes it.
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Let’s Talk About Data Centers Like Adults
This should be fun. Let’s talk about data centers. Like adults. It seems like whenever anyone talks about one – they’re picturing a warehouse full of chatbots. And sure, they do power those. But the data center streaming your Netflix or YouTube, backing up all those emails you haven’t opened, managing your bank account, streaming…
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It’s time to rewrite the 2007 law hiding in your gas tank
There’s corn in your gas, and a story behind it. How a law from 2005 wastes water, weakens your fuel, props up the wrong crop, and keeps groceries expensive – and what we could actually do about it.