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Audit: IRS Slaps Sevier County with Expensive Fine

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Chris Butler

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Federal officials recently penalized Sevier County with a fine of nearly $45,000 for not complying with IRS regulations.

The Would-Be ‘State of Franklin’ That Never Officially Existed

October 2, 2018October 1, 2018 Gregory Watson

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The United States Constitution does, of course, contain guidelines as to how a territory may enter the Union as a full-fledged state on an equal footing with all previously-existing states. The last time that any new states were added to the United States was in the year 1959 when Alaska…