NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee's Attorney General has opened a civil investigation into Deloitte — one of the state's largest contractors — to determine whether some of the company's diversity and hiring policies violate federal civil rights law.

Deloitte, part of the "Big Four" accounting firms, manages TennCare's eligibility system. It's a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including more than $160 million in state taxpayer funding, according to public records.

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"The state is testing whether any past practices crossed the line under civil-rights law," Brandon Smith, partner at Holtzman Vogel and former Chief of Staff for Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, said. "The document requests aim

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