{"id":296,"date":"2024-11-12T02:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T02:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=296"},"modified":"2024-11-16T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T02:59:16","slug":"11-12-2024-tennessee-considers-eliminating-its-grocery-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2024\/11\/12\/11-12-2024-tennessee-considers-eliminating-its-grocery-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/12\/2024: Tennessee Considers Eliminating its Grocery Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/11\/7018eef5-1b89-468e-9da9-091b4b5feac9-medium16x9_GettyImages1240837006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297\" style=\"width:505px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/11\/7018eef5-1b89-468e-9da9-091b4b5feac9-medium16x9_GettyImages1240837006.jpg 648w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/11\/7018eef5-1b89-468e-9da9-091b4b5feac9-medium16x9_GettyImages1240837006-580x327.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2024\/11\/7018eef5-1b89-468e-9da9-091b4b5feac9-medium16x9_GettyImages1240837006-610x344.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>CRER Chief Economist and Director Howard Wall appeared on News Channel 9 to give his two cents on a proposal to eliminate the 4 percent grocery tax levied by the state of Tennessee. 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