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The Summer Season Impacts County Unemployment Rates in Tennessee

The Summer Season Impacts County Unemployment Rates in Tennessee

NASHVILLE – The seasonal impacts on employment, such as school breaks, continued to have an impact on Tennessee’s county unemployment numbers in June, according to newly released information from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). County unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted to take into account the effects of seasonal layoffs, while the statewide […]

Families First Participants to Receive a One-Time Back-to-School Payment

Families First Participants to Receive a One-Time Back-to-School Payment

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will provide extra support to more than 13,000 families who receive monthly cash assistance through the state’s Families First program. The payment will provide extra support to Families First participants as they begin to prepare for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Households with an active case in the […]

New Resources Focus on Career and Technical Education

New Resources Focus on Career and Technical Education

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office is releasing a new collection of short publications, infographics and an interactive data dashboard for career and technical education (CTE) in Tennessee. The collection includes briefs, infographics, and an interactive data dashboard. A new publication in the CTE collection will be released weekly over the coming weeks. The publications highlight several […]

K-12 Education Portal Updated with New Information

K-12 Education Portal Updated with New Information

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has released updated interactive online maps and dashboards for K-12 education. The dashboards and maps display data on public schools, public school districts, private schools, church-related schools, and home schools for the 2021-2022 school year. The data for public and non-public schools can be viewed here. For public schools and school districts, […]

Attorney General Skrmetti Urges Federal Agency to Prioritize Transparent, Risk-Based Approach to AI Governance

Attorney General Skrmetti Urges Federal Agency to Prioritize Transparent, Risk-Based Approach to AI Governance

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined 22 other attorneys general in urging the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to advance artificial intelligence governance policies that prioritize robust transparency, reliable testing and assessment requirements, and allow for government oversight and enforcement for high-risk uses. In the letter, the attorneys general applaud the NTIA’s commitment to […]

May’s Unemployment Rate Holds Steady Across Tennessee

May’s Unemployment Rate Holds Steady Across Tennessee

Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate held steady at 3.3% in May, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). That number is unchanged from the state’s unemployment rate in April. While the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate did not change in the month-to-month comparison, it was just 0.1 of a percentage […]

Tennessee Set to Begin P-EBT Distribution for the Remainder of the 2022-2023 Academic Year and Summer 2023

Tennessee Set to Begin P-EBT Distribution for the Remainder of the 2022-2023 Academic Year and Summer 2023

The Tennessee Department of Human Services today announced the details on the second distribution of Pandemic Electronic Benefit (P-EBT) Program for the 2022-2023 academic year and Summer 2023. P-EBT is a COVID-19 relief program that provides nutritional benefits to children eligible for the National School Lunch Program who may have missed meals due to COVID-19. […]

Representative Jeremy Faison Survey Results for the Tennessee House District 11

Representative Jeremy Faison Survey Results for the Tennessee House District 11

Below are questions asked and answered through a survey taken by State Representative Jeremy Faison, District 11

Reps. Andrew Farmer and Dale Carr secure $2 million for Kodak Fire Hall

Reps. Andrew Farmer and Dale Carr secure $2 million for Kodak Fire Hall

State Rep. Andrew Farmer, R-Sevierville, and State Rep. Dale Carr, R-Sevierville today announced he has secured $2 million in state funding for Sevier County to build a new fire station in Kodak. The new fire station will be near Interstate 40 and State Route 66 interchange. The area is considered the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Our […]

Tennessee General Assembly Passes Tennessee Works Tax Act

Tennessee General Assembly Passes Tennessee Works Tax Act

The Tennessee General Assembly has approved more than $400 million in tax cuts for Tennessee families and businesses through the Tennessee Works Tax Act, marking one of the largest tax cuts in Tennessee history and supporting future economic growth. “Decades of smart fiscal stewardship have enabled Tennessee to maintain a balanced budget while cutting taxes […]

VITAL POLICY – Food Truck Operators Get Regulatory Relief with New Legislation

VITAL POLICY – Food Truck Operators Get Regulatory Relief with New Legislation

Earning a living as a food truck operator will soon be more rewarding and profitable in Tennessee due to a new law that will streamline fire inspections. Under current law, operators of “mobile food units”, as they are called by legislators, are required to undergo fire inspections in each jurisdiction in which they operate. That […]

State Rep. Andrew Farmer appointed to Southern Legislative Conference’s Human Services & Public Safety Committee

State Rep. Andrew Farmer appointed to Southern Legislative Conference’s Human Services & Public Safety Committee

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, has appointed State Rep. Andrew Farmer, R-Sevierville, to serve on the Southern Legislative Conference’s (SLC) Human Services and Public Safety Committee. As part of its mission, the committee considers the challenges that states are facing in the areas of human services and corrections, as well as policies and programs that […]

State Rep. Jeremy Faison’s Capitol Report

State Rep. Jeremy Faison’s Capitol Report

We are nearing the end of March which means we are nearing the end of session! Committees are closing, but the work for Tennessee continues. I was joined this week by 4-H students, EMS workers, Jefferson County Leadership, and my mayor from Jefferson County, Mark Potts. Pro-life bill strengthens protections for mothers in emergencies The […]

TDOE Highlights Reading 360 Family Literacy Events and Community Partnerships

TDOE Highlights Reading 360 Family Literacy Events and Community Partnerships

Throughout Tennessee Literacy Month in March, the Tennessee Department of Education is highlighting family literacy events and community engagement opportunities for students and families across Tennessee. These events are in collaboration with community partners committed to helping their areas of the state cultivate a culture of literacy proficiency. Throughout March Literacy Month, as proclaimed by Governor Bill Lee, the department […]

General Skrmetti Takes Next Step in Lawsuit against Biden Administration

General Skrmetti Takes Next Step in Lawsuit against Biden Administration

To prevent a new U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule from inflicting substantial financial damage on the American people, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in partnership with 24 other state attorneys general, took the next step in his previously announced lawsuit against President Biden’s administration by filing a motion for preliminary injunction. The DOL rule […]

General Skrmetti Joins Coalition in Lawsuit Against US AG Garland, ATF on Pistol Brace Rule

General Skrmetti Joins Coalition in Lawsuit Against US AG Garland, ATF on Pistol Brace Rule

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 24-state coalition in filing a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and its director that seeks to enjoin a recently issued final rule governing “Stabilizing Braces,” commonly known as pistol braces. The rule, called Factoring Criteria for Firearms with […]