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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Tommy Baker, and Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s Adjutant General, honored five veteran state employees and more than 450,000 Tennessee veterans at the Governor’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Tommy Baker, and Tennessee Department of the Military Adjutant General Warner Ross II honored five veteran state employees at the annual Governor’s Veterans Day event held today at the Tennessee National Guard Armory Hall of Flags. Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) Veterinary Anatomic Pathologist Petrina York, D.V.M. was honored for her military service.

– Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter announced today the 17 Tennessee Main Street and Tennessee Downtowns communities that are recipients of Downtown Improvement Grants.

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security will reopen the Shelbyville Driver Services Center located at 200 Dover Street, Suite #108 on Monday, Nov. 13. The Shelbyville Driver Services Center closed after it was damaged by flooding in December of 2022.

International trade relations and the beef cattle industry in Tennessee benefitted from an inbound trade mission with seven buyers from Mexico.

ATHENS, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation which led to Cody Lynn McBroon pleading guilty Monday to two counts of tax evasion related to his false registration of two vehicles at the McMinn County Clerk’s Office. McBroon is 26 years old.

The Federal National Mortgage Association has discontinued its free market auction system for commitments to purchase conventional home mortgages. Therefore, the Commissioner of Financial Institutions hereby announces that the maximum effective rate of interest per annum for home loans as set by the General Assembly in 1987, Public Chapter 291, for the month of December, 2023 is 8.93 percent per annum. The rate as set by the said law is an amount equal to four percentage points above the index of market yields of long-term government bonds adjusted to a thirty (30) year maturity by the U. S. Department of the Treasury. For the most recent weekly average statistical data available preceding the date of this announcement, the calculated rate is 4.93 percent.

NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 12.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 8.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on November 6, 2023.

NASHVILLE, TN—Today, the Tennessee Department of Education is highlighting Brighton Elementary School in Tipton County Schools for being selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Downlink program to participate in a Q&A session with the astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Earth-to-space call will air live on Wednesday, November 8th at 10:45 a.m. CT. The livestream is available here.

– Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Wind River Custom Homes, LLC officials announced today the company will expand in Southeast Tennessee by constructing a new facility in Bradley County.

Tennessee State Parks will offer Thanksgiving meals at eight parks restaurants, giving families the opportunity to enjoy a holiday feast together without the busy work at home to prepare one. Cumberland Mountain State Park David Crockett State Park Fall Creek Falls State Park Henry Horton State Park Montgomery Bell State Park (Sold out) Natchez Trace State Park Paris Landing State Park Pickwick Landing State Park

Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture Charlie Hatcher, D.V.M. has commissioned three new Agricultural Crime Unit (ACU) Special Agents, bringing the unit to full staffing of nine special agents and one Special Agent in Charge.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced today a record-breaking number of students applied for Tennessee Promise program in the most recent application cycle that closed on November 1, 2023.

The Franklin Driver Services Center, located at 3830 Carothers Parkway, will close for a planned remodel on Nov. 10. During the remodel, citizens can visit the Driver Services mobile units, Williamson County’s self-service kiosk, nearby Driver Services Centers, or complete transactions online.