Tennessee Will Waive State Personal Vehicle, Motorcycle Registration Fees Starting on July 1

State registration fees for personal vehicles and motorcycles will be waived starting on July 1 for a full year.

The move comes out of legislation passed at the end of this year’s session and then signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee earlier this month.

The law applies to registrations that expire after July 1 and before June 30, 2023.

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Police in California Find 300 Recall Ballots in Passed Out Felon’s Car

Police in a Los Angeles-area city are investigating how an armed felon ended up in possession of hundreds of ballots for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Sept. 14 recall election.

The Torrance Police Department announced it had received a report from a convenience store employee of a man sleeping in his car parked near the building the night before.

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Price Jump for Used Cars Results in Boost in Michigan Sales Tax Collected

Close up of a line of cars

The microchip shortage responsible for bottlenecking the production of new cars has been a boon for the used car market.

However, the lack of available new vehicles also has created a greater demand and thus a scarcity of quality used vehicles.

This has driven up the cost of used cars and trucks, which has also increased the sales tax collected on used vehicle transactions. The national average increase in used car sales prices is 16.8% or $3,926 per vehicle sold.

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Michigan House, Senate Pass Auto Insurance Reform, Governor Whitmer Expected to Sign

by Tyler Arnold   The Michigan House and Senate passed auto insurance reform Friday with substantial bipartisan support after the House Republicans, Senate Republicans and Democratic governor struck a deal. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign the bill into law. The legislation will eliminate a mandate that required all…

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2017’s Best and Worst Car Brands for Customer Satisfaction

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American car buyers are less satisfied in 2017 — especially with domestic brands — according to the latest results from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Read more: Best and worst auto insurance companies American car buyers are less satisfied, new survey finds GM was the only Detroit automaker to gain…

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