Jonathan Matisse

Associated Press

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Is the Gig Economy Coming for Manufacturing?

October 7, 2026

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First Magnet-Grade High-Purity Iron Plant Opens in Texas

October 9, 2026

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Power-Propelled Drum Handlers Help Operators Move, Lift, Position, Weigh and Pour Drums

October 8, 2026

Hyundai Transys modern corporate headquarters building with glass facade and landscaped grounds under blue sky

Hyundai Affiliate's $560M Georgia Expansion to Include New Plant

October 8, 2026

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Officials Scour Charred Site of Kentucky UPS Plane Crash for Victims, Answers

Determining why it caught fire and why the engine fell off could take more than a year.

November 6, 2025

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Man Pleads Guilty to Charges That He Meant to Bomb Nashville Power Site with Drone

He faces up to life in prison.

September 9, 2025

The cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md.

FBI Raids Vessel Managed by Company Whose Other Ship Collapsed Baltimore Bridge

Both ships were built by Hyundai Heavy Industries.

September 23, 2024

In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, the Kingston Fossil Plant stands near a waterway in Kingston, Tenn.

U.S. Utility Pledges More Transparency After CEO Quietly Given Plant Decision Authority

Including the replacement of an aging coal-fired plant with a natural gas plant.

May 10, 2024

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Dozens of Workers Reject Union at Big Nissan Tennessee Plant

A spokesperson said Nissan believes it is "stronger without the involvement of third-party unions."

March 17, 2023

Workers at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tenn., walk by a Nissan Altima sedan, May 15, 2012.

Dozens at Big Nissan Tennessee Plant Will Vote on Own Union

The workers want to negotiate retirement, work-life balance and health care issues.

March 16, 2023

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$35M Settlement Reached in Opioid Lawsuit

The announcement would resolve a lawsuit by nine counties, 18 cities and towns, and the plaintiff known as “Baby Doe."

July 23, 2021

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Agency: Miner Fired After Making Safety Complaints

The complaint claims Richard Waller was fired for documenting unsafe conditions.

June 21, 2021

Officials Deal Blow to Union Efforts at Nissan Plant

It's been an uphill fight for unions to gain traction at foreign-owned auto assembly plants in the traditionally anti-union South.

June 15, 2021

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Judge Rebukes Opioid Maker Over Lies, Delays

The pre-trial ruling sends the civil case straight to the penalty phase.

April 8, 2021

In this May 15, 2012, file photo, a worker walks by a new Nissan Altima on the line after the company celebrated the start of production of the fifth generation of the model at the plant in Smyrna, Tenn. A union wants to hold a vote for representation of fewer than 100 out of thousands of workers at the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Tennessee, a move the company opposes because the effort doesn't stretch more broadly across the facility's workforce. The National Labor Relations Board began hearing arguments Friday, March 12, 2021, in a case over whether a vote can be held for the subset of employees.

Union Seeks Vote of 87 Workers at Nissan Plant

The effort marks the latest in the uphill fight for unions to gain traction at auto assembly plants in the traditionally anti-union South.

March 15, 2021

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Why Some Texans are Getting Sky-High Energy Bills

Wholesale prices are typically as low as a couple of cents per kilowatt-hour — but spiked to $9 per kilowatt-hour after the storm.

February 22, 2021

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Consultant to Review Utility CEO Pay After Trump Criticism

He was the nation's highest paid federal employee in his first six months on the job.

August 28, 2020

LGBT advocacy group leaders and representatives from businesses gathered at the Cordell Hull legislative building in Nashville on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 for a news conference to oppose a state adoption law and other proposals that target the LGBT community. Almost three dozen big companies and more than 100 small businesses in Tennessee on Wednesday predicted economic backlash from a newly enacted state adoption law and other proposals that target LGBT people, with one company saying plans to add jobs in Nashville are 'in doubt' over the legislation.

Companies Push Back on New TN Law

A letter from the likes of Amazon, Nike and Nissan predicted there would be economic backlash.

February 6, 2020

In this April 29, 2015 file photo, a boat travels on the Tennessee River near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn. Federal regulators have fined the nation’s largest public utility $145,000 for submitting incomplete and inaccurate information on a backup system at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission notified the Tennessee Valley Authority of the proposed fine regarding the Spring City, Tennessee plant in a Nov. 19, 2019 letter. The utility says it has taken corrective action, adding that the backup configuration was never used.

TVA Fined for Nuke Plant Info

According to a TVA spokesperson, this did not impact public safety.

December 4, 2019