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West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Of the three, it is the most sharply defined geographically. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River on the west and the Tennessee River on the east. The region's boundaries expand slightly to include the entirety of Hardin County, which is bisected by the Tennessee River.

Unlike the geographic designations of regions of most U.S. states, the term West Tennessee has legal as well as socioeconomic meaning. West Tennessee, along with East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, comprises one of the state's three Grand Divisions. According to the state constitution, no more than two of the state supreme court's five justices can come from any one Grand Division, and the Supreme Court meets in each of the three (the State Supreme Court building for West Tennessee is in Jackson). A similar rule applies to certain other commissions and boards as well, to prevent them from showing a geographic bias.

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MBJ wins six first place TPA awards

Jul 18, 2008 8:38 pm

Memphis Business Journal received six first place awards at the Tennessee Press Association's 2008 Newspaper Contest.

Belz makes Peabody Place plans official

Jul 18, 2008 7:58 pm

Belz Enterprises' official plans for Peabody Place will include a 163-suite luxury hotel named The Peabody Suites, the company announced Friday.

Pinnacle traffic flat in June

Jul 18, 2008 7:34 pm

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. reported a 0.1 percent decrease in traffic for the month of June. (NWA) (PNCL)

Neighborhood group filing formal opposition to Cordova Wal-Mart

Jul 18, 2008 5:15 pm

The Gray's Creek Association will file July 21 an official letter appealing Land Use Control Board's July 10 approval of a new Wal-Mart Stores Inc. supercenter at the corner of Houston...

Six Memphis area Starbucks to close

Jul 18, 2008 5:14 pm

Starbucks Coffee Co. will close 13 stores in Tennessee, including six in the Memphis area, it reported late Thursday. (SBUX)

MEM's passenger traffic down in June

Jul 18, 2008 3:50 pm

Passenger traffic at Memphis International Airport was down 1.9 percent in June compared to the same period a year ago, the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority said Thursday.

BancorpSouth's 2Q income up 12 percent

Jul 18, 2008 3:48 pm

BancorpSouth Inc.'s net income rose 11.7 percent in the second quarter, boosted by improved expense control and an almost 22 percent increase in non-interest revenue from things such as insura...

Pinnacle shares up nearly 40% on Delta news

Jul 18, 2008 2:39 pm

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. said Thursday night that its Pinnacle Airlines Inc. subsidiary will continue to fly for Delta Air Lines as a Delta Connection carrier under its existing contract, which expires...

Buckeye implements price increases, surcharges

Jul 17, 2008 10:06 pm

Buckeye Technologies Inc. has implemented a $50 per ton surcharge on all specialty wood fibers products to counter rising costs in chemicals, energy, freight and fuel, the company said in a filing to ...

Memphis money managers make Wealth Manager list

Jul 17, 2008 9:05 pm

Several Memphis-based money managers have been ranked in the July/August issue of Wealth Manager magazine's 2008 Top Dogs issue based on assets under management and ranked by the average size ...

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