Migratory Gamebird Hunting Seasons Among February TFWC Agenda Items

TULLAHOMA - On Friday, February 15, 2019 the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) honored the next generation of Sergeants during a graduation ceremony at the Tennessee Correction Academy in Tullahoma.

The State Soil Conservation Committee will meet March 3 at 4 p.m. EST at the Park Vista Hotel located at 705 Cherokee Orchard Rd. in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Stuart McWhorter today announced that overall January state tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates.

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) will join volunteers from the Dyer Fire Department and the Boy Scouts of America and to install free smoke alarms in homes on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 throughout the city of Dyer.

VP Racing Fuels announced today that it will locate new operations in Huntingdon. The race fuel manufacturer and distributor will create 40 new jobs and invest approximately $4.6 million in Carroll County.

TDMHSAS Commissioner Marie Williams has been named the recipient of the National Council for Behavioral Health’s 2019 Excellence in Advocacy Individual Achievement award.

Tennessee is celebrating a record to be proud of. Thanks to favorable weather and citizens who burned debris safely, 2018 saw a record low number of wildfires.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the Future Workforce Initiative to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) training in K-12 schools as part of his first-year legislative agenda for education.

NASHVILLE –The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) proudly recognized the winning entrants in its 2018 Fire Prevention Poster Contest and Fire Prevention Video Contest with an awards event on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Williamson County Emergency Operations Center in Franklin.

Eating local is more than just a trend—it is a way to learn about agriculture and connect with a nearby farmer.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and FedEx Logistics announced today that the company will move its headquarters to downtown Memphis, where it will invest $44 million and create 689 jobs.

NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 9.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 5.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on February 11, 2019.

NASHVILLE – Bringing national attention to the Volunteer State, promoting investor education and enforcing Tennessee’s securities laws highlighted the accomplishments of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Securities division team in 2018.

NASHVILLE—Tennessee needs at least $49.8 billion of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of July 2017 to June 2022—a $5 billion (11.1%) increase from the year before—according to a new report by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). Improvements needed for Transportation and Utilities, Education, and Health, Safety, and Welfare infrastructure continue to account for most of the inventory, with Education and Transportation and Utilities infrastructure needs responsible for most of the reported increase this year. More than two-thirds of the estimated cost of needed infrastructure improvements included in this year’s report is not funded, unchanged from last year.