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Tennessee communities push back against out-of-state waste corporations

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — In Rutherford County, the fight over where Tennessee's trash goes is reigniting. Local leaders said corporate influence is threatening a decades-old law that allows counties to decide what gets built in their own backyards. 📧 Have breaking news come to you: Subscribe to News 2 email alerts → The Jackson Law, passed in 1983, gives local governments the authority to approve or reject new landfills and waste facilitie…

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Tennessee communities push back against out-of-state waste corporations

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — In Rutherford County, the fight over where Tennessee's trash goes is reigniting. Local leaders said corporate influence is threatening a decades-old law that allows counties to decide what gets built in their own backyards. 📧 Have breaking news come to you: Subscribe to News 2 email alerts → The Jackson Law, passed in 1983, gives local governments the authority to approve or reject new landfills and waste facilitie…

·Nashville, United States
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WKRN broke the news in Nashville, United States on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
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