State Briefs

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) honored the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) with the prestigious Pinnacle Award for Workforce Development at its 2023 Winter Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

The national organization honors one state each...

Marriage and divorce rates are down in Tennessee, following a decade-long nationwide trend. According to state data, Tennessee saw a 15% increase in marriages from 2011 to 2021 and a 23% decrease in the divorce rate in the same time frame. Tennessee has the seventh highest marriage rate per capita...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced that January state tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates.  

Revenues for January totaled $1.9 billion, which is $212.9 million more than budgeted and 6.25% greater than revenues received in January 2022. 

“Seco...

Tennessee needs at least $62.9 billion worth of public infrastructure improvements by 2026 – an increase of $1.2 billion or 2% from last year – according to a new report by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). 

This marks the seventh year in a row that...

Tennessee had the second fastest economic growth in 2022, being outpaced by Idaho according to estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.  

Idaho had a 5.7% economic growth rate followed by Tennessee’s 4.5%. Following Idaho and Tennessee were Texas (4%), Florida (3.5%), Oregon (3.3%)...

Keep Tennessee Beautiful will launch their spring kick off on March 2 at Paris Landing State Park as part of 2023 Keep Tennessee Beautiful Month and the Great American Cleanup. 

The kickoff event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will feature keynote speaker John J. Deberry Jr., senior...

Tennessee has the 10th lowest cost of living in the nation based on the cost of goods, rent, utilities, and other services according to recent data from the Tennessee State Data Center at the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee. Tennessee prices were roughly...

The Tennessee Craft Brewers Guild has launched the Tennessee Ale Trail, a mobile pass that connects more than 60 breweries from Memphis to Johnson City across the state. The free digital passport program encourages both visitors and residents to explore Tennessee-made craft beers and support local...

Tennessee’s December unemployment rate remained unchanged from November at 3.5%, according to information from the state. For the entirety of 2022, unemployment in Tennessee remained between a high of 3.5% and a low of 3.2%, down 0.1% from the 3.6% to 3.5% high and low of the previous year. The...

The University of Tennessee has received the most competitive pool of applications in the university’s 228 history. UT received 48,665 applications by its Jan 1., 2023 deadline, a 40.3% increase or 13,967 applications than received by the same date in 2022. Nearly a quarter of applications were from...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced today that revenues for December were higher than expected and exceeded the monthly revenues from the previous year.

State revenues for December were $2 billion or $217.2 million more than the budgeted estimate...