State Briefs

Since 1960, Tennessee has added a million people every 20 years. New projections show the state on pace to continue that trend through 2040.

Tennessee’s population is expected to reach 7.94 million by 2040, according to projections from the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced recipients of the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) grant program, which prioritizes learning opportunities in rural counties and enhances career and technical education statewide. 

Tennessee has made notable progress in rural workforce development...

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a bipartisan antitrust suit against RealPage brought by the state of Tennessee and seven other states. 

The company sells software to landlords that collects nonpublic information from competing landlords and uses that combined information to make pricing...

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson announced that revenues for July were $1.7 billion, which is $51.2 million more than July of last year.  

The total growth rate for the month was 3.10%. 

“July total tax revenues grew more than expected in the final month of...

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) announced the approval of Tennessee’s initial proposal for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program.

The department has been allocated $813 million as part of its initial proposal...

Middle Fork Bottoms has become the newest Tennessee State Park. Located between Jackson and Three Way, the park spans approximately 860 acres and is part of a floodplain restoration project boasting more than 200 acres of restored wetlands, two miles of revitalized streams, and 250,000 newly planted...

Tennessee’s July unemployment rate remained at a record-low of 3% for the third consecutive month. According to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), employers across the state added 2,000 new nonfarm jobs to their payrolls between June and July. The construction...

More than $21 million will go to 24 municipalities as part of 27 Local Parks and Recreation Fund (LPRF) grants recently announced across the state.  

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Office of Outdoor Recreation announced the $21,017,000  in funds, which will be matched...

The creation of a new department within the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will help foster conservation efforts and provide access to the great outdoors across the state. Gov. Bill Lee announced the creation of TDEC’s Office of Outdoor Recreation at the second annual...

A new report from the USDA has indicated a spike in agricultural land values in Tennessee. Since 2020, farm real estate value in Tennessee has increased 10.7% going from $4,120 per acre in 2020 to $5,710 per acre in 2024. Tennessee had the second-highest percentage increase in the Southeast and the...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on a $5.5 million competitive grant program for projects designed to build resiliency in the food supply chain as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP)...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced five cities will share in 36 Brownfield Redevelopment Area Grants (BRAG) totaling $718,757 for remediation projects across the state. 

BRAG grants are derived from the Rural Brownfield Redevelopment Investment Act, which...