Ken Blackwell Commentary: President Trump’s Rally in Cincinnati Will Be the Perfect Tonic After the Democratic Debates

The Democrat presidential candidates spent two full nights bickering on the debate stage over how best to dismantle the Trump economy and usher in a new era of social upheaval. President Trump, however, will only need one night to dismantle their deceitful claims and outline his plans for keeping the current economic boom going.

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Love’s Travel Stops Expected to Receive Corporate Welfare in Tennessee

  Tennessee officials are expected to bestow an unspecified amount of corporate welfare upon Love’s Travel Stops, which wants to open a tire retread and distribution facility in Gibson County. Specifically, Love’s officials want to set up in the city of Milan, in west Tennessee. But Love’s won’t build unless they get state and local incentives, according to a recent article in Businessfacilities.com. Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development spokesman Scott Harrison did not give exact amounts to The Tennessee Star in an email Wednesday. “We anticipate the company will qualify for grant funding through ECD’s FastTrack program,” Harrison said. “Info should be available on our public dashboards by the end of the week.” Officials at the City of Milan did not return The Star’s repeated requests for comment Wednesday. Neither did anyone at Love’s corporate office, based out of Oklahoma City. Love’s Travel Stops will invest $8.8 million into the proposed facility and create up to 80 jobs, according to Businessfacilities.com. “The new facility will be the largest of its kind for Love’s, totaling 200,000 square feet,” the website reported. TNECD has supported nine economic development projects in Gibson County since 2015, the website went on to say.…

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