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Shelby legislators want state recruiting incentives spread to Memphis

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 18, 2018 4:00 AM CT | Published: November 17, 2018 7:50 PM CT
<span><strong>Construction work goes on in Nashville Yards, a 15-acre, mixed-use downtown development area in Nashville where Amazon announced Nov. 13 it will locate an operations hub. The $230 million-plus investment will make Nashville the eastern U.S. hub for Amazon's retail operations division. The investment will be the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in the state's history.</strong> (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)</span>

Construction work goes on in Nashville Yards, a 15-acre, mixed-use downtown development area in Nashville where Amazon announced Nov. 13 it will locate an operations hub. The $230 million-plus investment will make Nashville the eastern U.S. hub for Amazon's retail operations division. The investment will be the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in the state's history. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

With Amazon set to net nearly $77 million in state funds for a Nashville logistics headquarters, Shelby County state legislators say they’d like to see Tennessee spread the love to Memphis.

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Bill Haslam Bill Lee G.A. Hardaway Jim Coley Raumesh Akbari
Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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