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NASHVILLE – July 30, 2021 – In the Spring of 2019, the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development conducted a scientific experiment to prove just how much fun children have on a Tennessee vacation. Using an innovative wearable device called a Laugh Tracker, which used voice-recognition and location-based tracking technology, Tennessee Tourism created a special vacation planning website as part of its “Kid Reviewed” campaign showing locations that generated the greatest joy for the state’s youngest visitors.

Summer brings fresh produce and Tennessee will highlight peak season during National Farmers Market Week Aug. 1-7, 2021.

COVINGTON, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the guilty plea on July 16, 2021, of Martin McDivitt, age 54, to tax evasion, criminal simulation, and theft. McDivitt was accused of providing false documents to the Tipton County Clerk's Office when he registered 14 motor vehicles.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Kaiser Aluminum officials announced today that the company will relocate its corporate headquarters from Foothill Ranch, Calif. to Franklin, Tenn. 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sgt. William Lukens, a tactical generator mechanic in the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 208th Area Support Medical Company in Smyrna and a senior at Middle Tennessee State University won the 2021 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Navajo, Arizona.

Tennessee’s Ag Tag license plate hit the streets 25 years ago and thanks to citizens who support agriculture in this way, 2021 has been a record-breaking year.

SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion held an enlistment ceremony at the Smyrna Bowling Center in Rutherford County for new recruits whose family and friends were unable to attend their original enlistment ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions on July 23.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today that 54 counties will receive ThreeStar grants. In total, TNECD is awarding $2.4 million in funding to Tennessee communities through this round of the ThreeStar grant program.

Tennessee's state veterinarian confirms four horses in Tennessee have now tested positive for Potomac Horse Fever (PHF). Cases in Hawkins, Robertson, and Sullivan counties are in addition to the Wilson County case announced earlier this month where a horse was diagnosed with PHF and had to be euthanized.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Integrated Biometric Technology, LLC (IBT) officials announced today that the company will establish new operations and locate its corporate headquarters in Franklin.

FORT HOOD, Texas – The 230th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Chattanooga, is in Fort Hood, Texas, from July to August, supporting the 278th Armored Combat Regiment as they conduct the National Guard’s eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise.

Nashville - Get ready to save! There are three sales tax holidays in 2021.

Governor Bill Lee has recognized Terry Minton of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture with the Governor’s Excellence in Service Award. The biannual award recognizes outstanding state employees who are at the forefront of improving the way Tennessee State Government delivers services.

NASHVILLE – Each June, Tennessee counties experience an increase in unemployment as schools close for summer break and lay off workers. Recent college graduates entering the workforce for the first time also impact the data each year. Once again this June, data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) showed jobless rates increased in each of the state’s 95 counties.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Business Development Division has won the 2021 Agricultural Marketing Excellence Award from the North American Agricultural Marketing Officials organization this week during their annual meeting in Starkville, Miss.