NASHVILLE – In an effort to better serve rural Tennessee insurance agents and their customers, the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announces the opening of three new third-party testing centers where individuals may take their insurance producer exams.

NASHVILLE – Federal, state, and local public safety officials are hosting the 17th annual “Tennessee Season to Remember” on Thursday, December 5.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued an executive order transferring the Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS) from the Tennessee Department of Education to the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to better align services for children with disabilities.

NASHVILLE – Federal, state, and local public safety officials are hosting the 17th annual “Tennessee Season to Remember” on Thursday, December 5. The ceremony to honor and remember victims of homicide will take place at First Baptist Church in downtown Nashville. This year’s keynote speaker will be Mychal Austin, son of murder victim and former Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Correctional Administrator Debra Johnson, a 38-year state employee, who was killed in the line of duty on Aug. 7, 2019. Families and friends who have lost loved ones lives to violent crime are invited to attend and hang ornaments on memorial wreaths. After the ceremony, the wreaths will be moved to the Tennessee State Capitol, where they will remain on display through the holiday season. WHAT: 17th Annual Tennessee Season to Remember ceremony WHO: Federal, state and local public safety officials WHEN: 5:30 p.m. (CST), Thursday, December 5 WHERE: First Baptist Church Broadway at 108 7th Avenue S. Nashville, Tennessee The Tennessee Board of Parole, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the office of Secretary of State Tre Hargett, the office of State Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, the office of State Treasurer David Lillard, Jr., Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security, Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration’s Office of Criminal Justice Programs, Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, and Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction (TRICOR) are working together on this year’s event. Also providing support are Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee, victim advocacy groups You Have the Power and Tennessee Voices for Victims, U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee and the Davidson County District Attorney General’s Office.

The Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Commission will meet Dec. 10, 2019 at 1 p.m. CST in the Arabian Room at the Marriott Cool Spring Hotel located at 700 Cool Springs Blvd. in Franklin.

NASHVILLE – In Tennessee, approximately 18,000 people are living with HIV, and 760 of them were newly diagnosed in 2018. The Tennessee Department of Health is working to increase access to preventive medication and empower HIV-positive Tennesseans to seek and stay engaged in HIV care. As part of this effort to end the HIV epidemic in Tennessee, TDH is joining the “Undetectable Equals Untransmittable” or “U=U” campaign.

During last year’s Small Business Saturday, 104 million American shoppers spent a record high $17.8 billion. Small Business Saturday is Nov. 30, and the support that Tennessee’s independent business owners receive this weekend will produce an economic ripple that can help encourage and strengthen entire rural communities.

NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 8.75 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 4.75 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on November 25, 2019.

Creating habitat is what wildlife managers do, but when it comes to bats a little more creativity is required.

NASHVILLE— Today, Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn unveiled the state report card, an annual report designed to provide convenient access to the most important data and information about every school and district in Tennessee.

• Media wishing to be in the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) parking lot to report on the December 5, 2019 execution of Leroy Hall #202644 need to RSVP by 12 pm CST on November 29, 2019, to Faith.Seifuddin@tn.gov.

Chattanooga, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to Friday’s indictment and arrest of Charles White, 55, and Tami White, 50. Revenue special agents arrested the couple today at their place of business, Tennessee Georgia Tire and Service Center. Charles White’s bond was set at $5,000; Tami White’s bond was set at $15,000.

NASHVILLE – In accordance with state law, representatives from the following news media agencies have been selected to witness the execution of inmate Leroy Hall #202644.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) today announced grant awards for nine higher education projects through the state’s Veteran Reconnect program, developed to assist veterans and service members attain college degrees and workforce training.