State Briefs

Two Tennessee school districts have been selected to share in $1 billion being awarded through the EPA’s Clean School Bus Grants program. The Hardin and Warren County School systems will each receive funding to replace five older diesel school buses with new, all-electric buses. A total of 280...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced revenues for December were lower than expected and were less than the monthly revenues from the previous year. 

State revenues for December were $1.9 billion or $82.5 million less than the budgeted estimate declining...

Unemployment in Tennessee held steady during the final month of 2023. Newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development showed the rate did not change between November and December at 3.5%.
 
The seasonally adjusted rate of 3.5% for December 2023 also mirrored the rate from...

The Tennessee Department of Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division returned $68.7 million of cash property to the rightful owners or their heirs, local governments, and reciprocal states during fiscal year 2023. 

It’s the most money the Division has ever returned in a single fiscal year.  

The Division...

Tennessee will become the first state in the nation to address the use of AI in the music industry. 

Gov. Bill Lee announced the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, a bill updating Tennessee’s Protection of Personal Rights law to include protections for songwriters, performers...

Charlotte was the top baby name for girls and Liam was the most popular name for boys in 2023, according to data recently released by the Tennessee Department of Health. Charlotte overtook Olivia, which had been the most common name for girls for three consecutive years. Liam remained the most...

As Tennessee employers prepared for the busy holiday season, new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development showed more Tennesseans were available to work in November 2023 when compared to the previous month.
 
While the state’s seasonally adjusted Labor Force Participation Rate...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) revealed its first-ever proposed 10-year fiscally-constrained project plan today, with the goal of better communicating with citizens and communities of the long-term investment strategy for infrastructure in Tennessee.  

The $15 billion fiscally...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced that November revenues were less than budgeted estimates in November. 

Overall November state revenues were $1.426 billion, which is 4.38% less than November 2022 and $88.4 million less than the budgeted estimate.

“No...