TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 18, 2021

State lawmakers returned to Nashville today for a special-called session to debate the hundreds of millions of dollars Gov. Bill Lee promised Ford Motor Co. to build a new assembly plant in West Tennessee. Discussion is not expected to last much longer than a week, and will include Lee’s plans for a new technical college at the Memphis Regional Megasite where Ford plans to build its facilities, the Nashville Post reports. The price tag may be larger than initially promised. Though Lee and other officials announced a $500 million deal, the legislature is being asked to spend nearly $900 million on the project.