State Briefs

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...

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) has approved three new Select Tennessee certified sites in Hartsville, Lafayette, and Morristown. The sites join more than 70 sites across the state that have received the certification. The three new sites are the Macon...

The November statewide unemployment rate in Tennessee held steady heading into the holiday season, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The seasonally adjusted jobless number for November 2022 remained unchanged at 3.5%.
 
In a year-to-year comparison, the statewide...