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TNECD announces pubic comment period on state broadband map

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) announced today the state broadband map is now available for public comment. The map is available on the TNECD mapping site, and

Tennessee reaches all-time low unemployment rate in March 2022

Tennessee marked a milestone in March when statewide unemployment dropped to its lowest rate in history. Data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) showed the seasonally

State revenues $286.8M above estimates

Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley announced that Tennessee tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates in March. Overall March revenues totaled $1.6 billion, which is $286

Tennessee Entertainment Commission launches new incentive program

The Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TEC), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Revenue and Department of Economic and Community Development, announced today a new franchise and excise (F&E) tax credit program aimed to advance Tennessee’s entertainment industry by promoting job...

State releases $3.6B Transportation Improvement Plan for 2023-2025

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Transportation Interim Commissioner Joe Galbato released TDOT’s annual three-year transportation program, featuring just over $3.6 billion in infrastructure investments for 58 individual project phases in 34 counties across the state.

The program...

10 cities selected for Tennessee Downtowns Program

The cities of Alexandria, Copperhill, Cumberland Gap, Decherd, Loretto, Newbern, Oneida, Rossville, Tellico Plains and Waverly have been selected to participate in the eighth round of the Tennessee Downtowns Program by TNECD. TNECD provides the Tennessee Downtowns program to communities that want to...

Boyd Center: Tennessee's population could increase 1 million by 2040

Tennessee could gain 1 million new residents by 2040, according to new population projections by the University of Tennessee’s Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research. Projections see the state’s population becoming more diverse between 2020 and 2070 as well as the average age of the state’s...

I-24 SMART Corridor Phase 2 Construction to Begin

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is happy to announce construction will begin on Phase 2 of the I-24 SMART Corridor on April 3.

The work on a total of 67 overhead gantries will prompt overnight lane closures along the corridor from Nashville to Murfreesboro. The gantries will be placed over...

Tennessee February unemployment rate at 3.4%

Newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development showed Tennessee recorded another month of lower unemployment in February.

It marked the second consecutive month of decreased jobless numbers across the state. The February 2022 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4%...

TDOT, partners install automated litter and debris removal devices across Tennessee River watershed

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has teamed up with Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTRB) and other partners to establish a network of Seabin automated litter and debris removal

Nearly a dozen cities awarded Traffic Signal Modernization Program grants

Nearly a dozen cities and one county have been awarded funds from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Traffic Signal Modernization program.

The Traffic Signal Modernization Program (TSMP) is a TDOT pilot program designed to help communities and their local traffic signal maintaining...

Tennessee to host inaugural Food Waste Awareness Week

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and partner agencies will host the state’s inaugural Food Waste Awareness Week April 4-9 through TDEC’s Get Food Smart TN program.

TDEC will partner with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the University of Tennessee Agriculture...