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FEBRUARY 16, 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 7
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Second suspect arrested in Jan. 30 Green Hills shooting STAFF REPORTS
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U.S. Sect. of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks at Spring Hill’s Ultium Cells plant on Feb. 8, 2023.
Treasury secretary promotes clean energy investments at Spring Hill plant Janet Yellen visits EV battery manufacturer as part of Biden administration push BY MATT MASTERS U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited Spring Hill’s Ultium Cells battery plant on Wednesday afternoon on the heels of President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address, in which he spoke of the U.S. “leading the world to a clean energy future.” This, Biden said, is due to the Inflation Reduction Act, citing tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, a pledge to build 500,000 EV charging stations nationwide and a larger focus on addressing the impacts of climate change. Ultium is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution of South Korea, first announced as a $2.3 billion, 2.8 million-square-foot battery plant in 2021. GM builds the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV
at its Spring Hill facility. In 2022, the company announced an additional $275 million investment expected to yield 400 additional jobs (for a total of 1,700), and the U.S. Department of Energy loaned Ultium Cells $2.5 billion to build the EV lithium batteries in facilities in Tennessee as well as Michigan and Ohio. Ultium Cells Spring Hill Plant Director Chris Desautels introduced Yellen and said that the Spring Hill facility will help GM “power its aggressive EV strategy,” which includes a goal to “have the capacity of a million vehicles by mid-decade.” “The good news is that new factories are being built all over the country, and not just here in Spring Hill, we are seeing a wave of investments in American manufacturing,”
Yellen told the crowd of around three dozen workers and plant officials. Yellen’s visit to Middle Tennessee also included a meeting with Nashville Mayor John Cooper and former Gov. Phil Bredesen. Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder was the only local official in attendance at the Spring Hill event. Yellen said the Biden administration’s top priority is addressing inflation as part of a larger focus on domestic economic investments. Yellen also described the Biden administration’s focus on “increasing our productive capacity, bolstering our economic resilience and creating a more inclusive economy,” saying that “the United States is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the future,” while adding that the >> PAGE 4
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Desmond M. Tyler The second suspect in the Jan. 30 shooting of a woman in Green Hills was arrested by Metro Nashville Police Department detectives on Feb. 9. According to an MNPD news release, 22-year-old Desmond M. Tyler was arrested on Thursday night on Merritt Street in Old Hickory. Tyler was charged with attempted criminal homicide, especially aggravated kidnapping, especially aggravated robbery, and using a gun in the commission of a dangerous felony, and was jailed on a $915,000 bond. As previously reported, the unidentified 26-year-old woman was shot multiple times while walking in Green Hills, and a $50,000 reward was later announced, but it’s unclear at this time if that reward offer led to information on the suspects. Another suspect, 19-year-old Michael A. Green, whose Dodge Avenger sedan was recorded near the scene of the shooting, was arrested on Feb. 4, and he was charged with attempted criminal homicide, >> PAGE 4
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