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The Nashville Downtown Express Driver Services Center will close at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, due to building maintenance in the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower. The center will remain closed on Friday, July 10, and will resume normal business hours on Monday, July 13.

SMYRNA, Tenn. – Twelve Tennessee Army National Guard Soldiers became the first graduates of Tennessee’s new Small Unmanned Aircraft System Master Trainer course led by the 1-117th Military Police Battalion at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site, June 16-29.

Nashville, TN–Today, the Tennessee Department of Education announced that more than $2.6 million in Perkins Reserve Grant (PRG) funds have been awarded to 58 school districts for the 2026-27 school year to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) statewide.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is asking Tennesseans for their vote in the American Association of State Troopers (AAST) 13th Annual Best Looking Cruiser Contest. This year’s photo features a new Chevy Tahoe in front of Bald River Falls in the Cherokee National Forest in Monroe County.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), in partnership with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), today announced the launch of the federal Workforce Pell program in Tennessee. This federal initiative will create new opportunities for Tennesseans to access high-quality, short-term workforce training aligned with today’s economy.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health will welcome more than 650 teen advocates from across the state to the TNSTRONG Youth Summit, an annual tobacco prevention conference, from July 19 to July 21, 2026, at the Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Charter St., in Chattanooga, Tenn.

NASHVILLE – Attention, new business owners! Join the Department of Revenue on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Central time for a free webinar designed for new businesses.

NASHVILLE – Extreme heat is predicted for many parts of Tennessee over the next several days and the Tennessee Department of Health is urging everyone to follow important safety tips to avoid heat-related illnesses.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) has extended the application deadline for the Hurricane Helene Agricultural and Timber Relief Fund to Aug. 31, 2026 at 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET), providing additional time for eligible agricultural producers and forest landowners to apply for assistance.

NASHVILLE--Commissioner of Financial Institutions Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 10.75 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 6.75 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on June 29, 2026.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to Paul Cox, former owner of Southeast Automotive, being sentenced on Friday.