AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoEarly Voting Push: A Tennessee voter-mobilization campaign says it drove 18% turnout among targeted voters in state legislative districts—about 1 in 3 votes cast there—while non-targeted early voters hit 13%. Education & Culture Wars: Knox County Schools approved a step-by-step process for reviewing book challenges under Tennessee’s age-appropriate materials law, with more than 120 books currently under review. State Politics: Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee doesn’t yet know if it will be asked to host a site tied to a federal nuclear-waste initiative, so naming locations would be premature. Tech & Research: IonQ and EPB announced a $15M, five-year Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Center, aiming to place a commercial quantum memory unit inside an active fiber network. Wildlife Management: TWRA is seeking public input on a statewide Black Bass Management Plan, with comments open until Sept. 4. Sports (National, Tennessee-relevant): The preseason US LBM Coaches Poll has Ohio State No. 1, Oregon No. 2, Georgia No. 3, and Tennessee No. 18; Indiana starts No. 6 and LSU No. 13.
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