City officials gather in Nashville for 2025 TML Legislative Conference Municipal officials from across Tennessee gathered in Nashville on March 3-4 to hear from a variety of lawmakers, state officials, and experts on the issues at the TML Legislative Conference. Police departments must meet federal cybersecurity standards to access important databases Police departments without proper cyber security measures in place could lose access to valuable state and federal databases that provide information about sex offenders, warrants, licensing data... Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly wins second term Tim Kelly will remain mayor of Chattanooga with two council races headed to run-offs and voters approving residency changes for city employees. TNCPE, MTAS partner to help other cities repeat Germantown's Baldrige success In 2019, the city of Germantown became the first municipality in Tennessee and one of only five municipalities in the country to receive the coveted Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program... News Across Tennessee Clarksville deploys LiDAR for safer streets Clarksville’s Street Department has begun to deploy Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing technology in its pursuit of safer travel for the public throughout the city. Mayor Joe Pitts ceremonially turned on the technology to launch the program that partners the Clarksville Street... Spring Hill purchases property for water reservoir The city of Spring Hill has approved the $8 million purchase to develop a new water reservoir. The Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the purchase of the 111-acre property adjacent to Interstate 65 as well as the donation of an additional 45 acres of land for the project. The purchase... ABB Electrification to expand Selmer operations ABB Electrification (ABB) officials announced today the company will expand its operations in Selmer, investing $76 million and creating 50 new jobs. As part of the project, the company will construct a new 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Selmer/McNairy Industrial Park, which... Columbia commemorates local Medal of Honor recipient Officials with the city of Columbia, military representatives, community, and family members gathered to honor what would have been the 80th birthday of local Medal of Honor recipient John Harlan Willis at the bridge into downtown named in his honor. Officials held a wreath-laying ceremony at the... Gallatin partners with Meta to bring free wifi to downtown Free wifi is now available in downtown Gallatin as part of a partnership between the city of Gallatin, Meta’s Gallatin Data Center, and the Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce. The initiative enhances connectivity for residents, businesses, and visitors, reinforcing Gallatin’s commitment to innovation... Cookeville unveils on new gateway signage Officials with the city of Cookville recently celebrated the unveiling of two gateway monument signs, strategically placed at South Willow Avenue and South Jefferson Avenue to welcome visitors entering the city from Interstate 40. This project, a collaborative effort between the city of Cookeville... People Anthony McClain Anthony McClain Anthony McClain, the Nashville Police Department’s North Precinct Commander, died from complications of a heart attack on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the age of 53. A 27-year veteran of the Metro Nashville Police Department, McClain had been the head of the North Precinct since 2021. A fixture at... Angie Henderson Angie Henderson Angie Henderson, vice mayor of Nashville, has been selected as a member of the 2025 Champions Institute as part of Smart Growth America’s (SGA) Active People, Healthy Nation program. The Champions Institute is a program created to help local elected officials define, design, build, and evaluate... Jason Gage Jason Gage Jason Gage has been named the new city manager of Brentwood, taking over the role from City Manager Kirk Bednar who retired after more than 24 years serving the city of Brentwood. Gage has more than 30 years of experience in municipal government management and comes to Brentwood from Springfield, Mo... Tyler Williams Tyler Williams Tyler Williams has been promoted to the assistant city manager and chief financial officer for the town of Mount Carmel. Williams will continue to serve as city recorder but will take on an expanded role in managing day-to-day activities such as budget, public relations and communications, and... Matthew Hensley Matthew Hensley Matthew Hensley has been hired as a training and development consultant for UT-MTAS based out of its Knoxville office. Hensley comes to MTAS from serving as an assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at East Tennessee State University. He is also a member of the... Brian Zacharias Brian Zacharias Brian Zacharias, Clarksville’s mayor pro tem and Ward 1 City Councilman, has been selected to participate in the Smart Growth America (SGA) 2025 class of the Champions Institute. The program helps local officials define, design, build, and evaluate Complete Streets in their communities. Mayor Pro... State Briefs Tennessee AG's office announces top consumer complaints of 2024 In honor of National Consumer Protection Week, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) announces the top ten complaint categories of 2024. Tennessee unemployment holds steady in January Unemployment in Tennessee held steady in January, matching the rate from December, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month was 3.7%, while December’s rate was revised to 3.7%. In a... TDOT, Keep Tennessee Beautiful partner for March cleanup events Spring is upon us, and as Tennesseans begin to emerge from winter’s hibernation, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) Nobody Trashes Tennessee (NTT) is partnering with Keep Tennessee... Tennessee, nation sees slowing migration in 2023 The state of Tennessee saw its rate of net in-migration decrease in 2023 with 28,000 people moving to the volunteer state in 2023. U.S. Census data analyzed by Storage Cafe, an online marketplace, found that Tennessee saw 47,000 less residents in 2023 than it had migrate in 2022 and 69,000 less than... Tennessee reports decrease in overdose deaths After years of increases, the number of fatal drug overdoses fell both in Tennessee and nationwide. After collecting and analyzing data, researchers found Tennessee’s overall overdose rate fell 6.6% between 2023 and 2022 with the number of overdoses dropping from 56 per 100,000 people to 52.3 per... Tennessee state parks generate $1.9B in economic impact Tennessee State Parks have an economic impact of $1.9 billion dollars in the state and support employment of 13,587 people, according to an analysis by a leading economic consulting firm. Based on figures from fiscal year 2024, the report by Impact DataSource says the parks created $550 million in... TML Updates Call for Nominations Set for April 1 for TML Achievement Awards TDEC accepting applications for waste tire reuse TDEC accepting applications for Solid Waste Management grants Restore Return Relief Advocacy
