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Illustration: Kat Conde

Information from state and local governments in Tennessee can be hard to come by — even the kind of info that is supposed to be public can be difficult to access at times. But our media landscape has a pretty good handle on it. This year the Tennessee Lookout staff specifically stands out for their work in documenting information on the state’s franchise tax refunds, info that was available only online from the state for a month. The staff republished the full list of nearly 60,000 businesses and the range of amounts returned to each business. Now anyone can examine the list to see private companies that received a portion of $1.5 billion after the state decided to change its tax law.

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