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Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-1-118(i), Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today the annual supervision fee for non-depository financial institutions in fiscal year 2024-2025, effective November 1, 2024. The fee is $1,550.00 for money transmission licensees, $1,150.00 for flexible credit licensees and mortgage licensees, and $750.00 for check cashing licensees, deferred presentment licensees, premium finance licensees, industrial loan and thrift registrants, and title pledge licensees. Mortgage loan originators will continue to pay a licensing and renewal fee of $100.00 and a sponsorship fee of $100.00.

The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Tullahoma Driver Services Center, 307 Industrial Blvd, will close on Thursday, Oct. 31, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks. The center will reopen on Friday, Nov. 1.

The Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced today that Driver Services at the Carter County Clerk’s office, 801 E Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, will close on Wednesday, Oct. 30, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and a new self-service kiosk. Driver Services will resume on Thursday, Oct. 31.

The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Knoxville Driver Services Centers and Driver Services at the Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Scott and Union County Clerk partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.

TDOT Roadway Activity Report for the Lower East and Upper Cumberland (October 24-30)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the approval of FEMA’s Direct Temporary Housing Assistance for survivors in six Northeast Tennessee counties impacted by Tropical Storm Helene on September 26. The Tennessee counties eligible for this assistance are Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington.

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is now offering Driver Services including free replacement licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the mobile unit at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).

NASHVILLE – Ninety-one of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates below 5% in September even as most counties saw an uptick in their rates over the previous month, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

Nashville, Tenn. – On October 31, probation parole officers with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will conduct Operation Blackout, an annual statewide event that adds an extra layer of protection to Tennessee communities.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee shared additional guidance on how communities impacted by Hurricane Helene may opt-in to receive immediate financial relief via the HEAL Program, which was established swiftly in the days following the disaster. The $100 million fund directly serves the health and wellness of Tennesseans in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Counties eligible for assistance include Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington. If any additional counties are added to the Major Disaster Declaration for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Categories A through G, they will become eligible for the program.