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Haslam Announces Lowest Unemployment Rate in State History

Thursday, July 20, 2017 | 01:30pm

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced Tennessee’s unemployment rate for June 2017 was 3.6 percent, the lowest in Tennessee recorded history. The June 2017 preliminary seasonally adjusted rate surpasses the previous low of 3.7 percent from March 2000. The state has not experienced an unemployment rate below 4.0 percent since it was 3.9 percent in February 2001.

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Haslam Announces New FAFSA Filing Record in Tennessee

Thursday, July 20, 2017 | 12:14pm

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced the state has set a new record and for the third year in a row has led the nation in the number of students filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Nearly three quarters of all Tennessee high school seniors—73.5 percent—filed the FAFSA for the 2017-18 academic year, a requirement for Tennessee students to be eligible for both federal and state aid, including Tennessee Promise and the HOPE Lottery Scholarship.

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Haslam Awards State Workforce Grants To Increase Education Opportunities in West Tennessee

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | 09:48am

RIPLEY – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today awarded state workforce development grants to two Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) institutions in West Tennessee to expand higher education opportunities and support the Drive to 55 goal to increase the number of Tennesseans with a degree or certificate to 55 percent by 2025. The Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) will expand current programs and develop new training programs at TCAT-Ripley and TCAT-Covington in communities with limited higher education options.

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Department of Children's Services Emerges From Federal Court Oversight

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | 12:32pm

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner Bonnie Hommrich today announced that after more than 16 years of system-wide reform and a massive turnaround, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) is now free of federal court oversight. U.S. District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw has approved the historic agreement between the state and Children’s Rights, the New York-based advocacy group that in 2000 filed litigation known as the Brian A. lawsuit that charged that Tennessee youth in foster care suffered in an overburdened system, describing children in crowded congregate care shelters and social workers with overwhelming caseloads.

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Commissioner Rolfe Announces Bongards’ Creameries to Make Major Expansion in Humboldt

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | 09:30am

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ABB to Expand Thomas & Betts and Its Electrification Products Division in Memphis

Friday, July 14, 2017 | 10:00am

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Governor Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Cooper Standard to Expand in Surgoinsville

Thursday, July 13, 2017 | 09:00am

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TNECD Awards ThreeStar Competitive Grants to Sixty-Three Tennessee Counties

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 | 01:00pm

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Education Commissioner Releases Update on State of Education in Tennessee

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 | 10:54am

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TNECD Announces Search for Business to Locate Operations in Hancock County

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 | 09:00am

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Haslam Opens Tennessee Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy

Friday, July 07, 2017 | 11:15am

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today officially opened the Tennessee Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy, an alternative residential program operated by the Tennessee National Guard that offers youth between ages 16-18 who have dropped out of school a chance to earn a high school equivalency diploma outside of a traditional school setting. The academy is housed at the site of the former Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville where Haslam was joined Friday by Deputy Gov. Jim Henry and Major General Max Haston for a ribbon cutting ceremony. The first class of approximately 100 cadets is set to begin July 9.

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Haslam Highlights Cut in Grocery Tax Provided by IMPROVE Act

Thursday, July 06, 2017 | 12:08pm

ELIZABETHTON – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today highlighted the 20 percent reduction to the grocery tax included in the newly implemented IMPROVE Act by visiting local grocery stores in Elizabethton and Mount Juliet. Effective July 1, the IMPROVE Act, “Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy,” creates the largest tax cut in state history while delivering a safe, reliable and debt-free transportation network.

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Nearly 70,000 Public School Students Eligible for Second Statewide ACT Retake Day

Thursday, July 06, 2017 | 10:21am

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Campbell Arms Manufacturing, LLC to Establish Facility in McKenzie

Friday, June 30, 2017 | 01:30pm

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Governor Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Fitzgerald Collision & Repair to Expand in the Upper Cumberland

Thursday, June 29, 2017 | 10:00am

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