NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Carter Lawrence will serve in his cabinet as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance, effective immediately.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is announcing a list of 23 organizations and educational entities that have been awarded grants through its nationally recognized Two Generation (2Gen) approach. These grants will put close to $50 million into innovative programs that move children and their parents towards educational success and economic security.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Carter Lawrence will serve in his cabinet as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance, effective immediately.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Reconnect to Workforce, a partnership between the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Tennessee Reconnect program and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that will assist up to 500,000 Tennesseans claiming unemployment benefits to earn a college degree while fulfilling work search requirements.
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. – Approximately 25 Soldiers assigned to the Tennessee National Guard’s Detachment 1, Company C, 2-135th Aviation Regiment from Louisville are scheduled to return home Nov. 13 and 14, after a successful 10-month deployment to Kosovo.
NASHVILLE – Get a flu vaccine! The Tennessee Department of Health is urging all Tennesseans who have not yet received a flu vaccine this flu season to get one as soon as possible. For the third consecutive year, Tennessee county health departments are holding special “Fight Flu TN” flu vaccine events in every county November 19 to increase the number of people vaccinated across Tennessee.
Tennessee Unemployment Claims Data for the week ending on November 7, 2020
Tennessee Unemployment Claims Data for the week ending on November 7, 2020
A Gibson County woman has repaid the state more than $76,000 after she was charged with TennCare fraud and theft of services.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today announced that former House Speaker Pro Tem Bill Dunn (R-Knoxville) will join the Tennessee Department of Education as a senior advisor to Commissioner Penny Schwinn.
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced today that it will host a third round of regional training sessions in partnership with law firm Frost Brown Todd LLC to educate stakeholders on the benefit of Opportunity Zones. The training will take place virtually on Nov. 16 and 19 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CST.
TDMHSAS is receiving a new federal grant to expand criminal justice alternatives for Tennesseans living with addiction. The $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will cover ten project sites including Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Cheatham, Cocke, Dickson, Grundy, Montgomery, Roane, and Tipton Counties.
New federal funding coming to Tennessee will continue a successful program in Sullivan County aimed at ending the cycle of drug overdose. The Sullivan County Overdose Response Team (SCORT) is receiving almost $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance to continue its work for the next three years.
DYERSBURG – Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) is leading the way toward education in prisons with new classes beginning this fall and winter. The college is gearing up to begin a third cohort consisting of 25 incarcerated students at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in January 2021.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee released the following statement today: “I am granting Pervis Payne a temporary reprieve from execution until April 9, 2021, due to the challenges and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”