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Nashville Mayor Wants to Create New Government Office Funded by Nonprofits, Including Group Behind ‘Belonging Fund’

The Star News Network · June 17, 2025

The Metro Nashville Council will vote on Tuesday on Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s request to establish the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment, which would operate with grant funding from two nonprofit organizations. Should the Metro Council...

Congress' big budget bill risks $73 billion in Southeast clean energy investments

Public News Service ·

Tennessee's clean energy progress could stall if the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" now being debated in the U.S. Senate repeals some tax credits. Groups favoring keeping the clean energy tax credits said without them, electric bills would increase....

5 Nashville Predators players and personnel detrimental to roster retool after big swing and miss feat. Barry Trotz

Sportskeeda · June 17, 2025

The Nashville Predators were last offseason’s biggest winners, landing free agents Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei. Those big moves, unfortunately, did not pay off. The Predators enter this offseason looking to retool the...

New Indiana orthopedic manufacturing plant set to create 300 high-skill jobs

WISH 8 - Indiana · June 17, 2025

WARSAW, Ind. (WISH) — Autocam Medical plans to spend $70 million for a new orthopedic manufacturing plant in Kosciusko County in northern Indiana. A company news release issued Monday announced plans for 15 acres on the northeast corner of U.S. 30...

Mike Borchetta, Nashville Music Industry Veteran, Dies at 84

Billboard · June 16, 2025

Nashville music industry executive Mike Borchetta died on Saturday (June 14) at age 84, Billboard has confirmed. The news was first reported by Country Aircheck. Borchetta served as vp of promotion at Curb Records from the late 1980s through the...

See photos of the Mighty Mississippi in Memphis through the years

Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tennessee ·

I-40 Bridge construction over the Mississippi River progresses on 1 Nov 1970.Fred J. Griffith/The Commercial AppealTennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate Lamar Alexander shares a laugh with supporters as he soaks his feet in the waters of...

Lowest-paying jobs in Nashville

Manchester Times - Tennessee ·

Lowest-paying jobs in Nashville Uncertainty clouds the current job market. On one hand, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment rates at 4.2% as of May 2025—and that hasn't changed much in the past year, a typical indicator of a...

Lowest-paying jobs in Memphis

Manchester Times - Tennessee ·

Lowest-paying jobs in Memphis Uncertainty clouds the current job market. On one hand, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment rates at 4.2% as of May 2025—and that hasn't changed much in the past year, a typical indicator of a positive...

Tennessee Wings of Liberty Museum hosts Topping Out Ceremony, with opening planned next March | PHOTOS

Clarksville Now - Tennessee · June 16, 2025

FORT CAMPBELL, KY (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Fort Campbell Historical Foundation held a Topping Out Ceremony and sneak peek on Friday for the new Tennessee Wings of Liberty Museum. More than 200 members of the military along with leaders from the...

Nashville awarded $500K Golden Leaf grant

The Enterprise - North Carolina ·

ROCKY MOUNT — During its June meeting, the Golden Leaf Foundation Board of Directors awarded a total of $4.5 million in funding to support job creation and economic investment projects, workforce preparedness projects and disaster relief work,...

Tennessee Attorney General Joins 55 AG Coalition For $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement

The Chattanoogan - Tennessee · June 16, 2025

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Monday announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...

This Lake On The Kentucky-Tennessee Border Has Crystal-Clear Water And World-Class Fishing

Southern Living ·

Straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border in Clinton, Cumberland, Overton, and Pickett counties, Dale Hollow Lake is a 27,700-acre reservoir known for its peaceful setting, world-class fishing, and crystal-clear water. Roughly two hours northeast...

Southwest Community College receives $500,000 grant from Assisi Foundation of Memphis

WATN - Tennessee ·

The foundation gave Southwest Tennessee Community College the grant for a major entertainment project. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Assisi Foundation of Memphis gave Southwest Tennessee Community College a $500,000 grant for a major entertainment project...

Thieves Ravage Memphis AM Radio Transmitter Site

Radio World · June 16, 2025

1030 WGSF(AM), the longest-running Spanish-language radio station in Memphis, is working to rebuild its transmitter site after it was ransacked in a May copper theft. The station, owned by Butron Media, was left with a myriad of critical...

Southwest Tennessee Community College receives 500K grant for major entertainment project

Action News 5 - Tennessee · June 16, 2025

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -Southwest Community College received a $500,000 grant for a major entertainment project, according to a press release issued Monday afternoon. The Assisi Foundation of Memphis provided the grant, which will fund the Southwest...

Tennessee Titans make big off-field changes hiring fresh faces and promoting top talent

The Times of India ·

Tennessee Titans make big off-field changes hiring fresh faces and promoting top talent (Image via Getty) Big changes took place inside the Tennessee Titans’ office shortly after their 2025 mandatory minicamp wrapped up. The team didn’t talk about...

Tennessee prepares to celebrate its wild side with first-ever biodiversity summit

WTVC - Tennessee ·

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is planning for the first-ever Tennessee Biodiversity Summit. Officials call it, "an event celebrating Tennessee’s rich habitats and multitude of species." The summit is scheduled for Oct. 22, 2025, from 8...

USDA announces new presidential appointee to serve rural Tennessee

Lebanon Democrat - Tennessee ·

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Patrick Jaynes is appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as the USDA Rural Development State Director for the state of Tennessee. “When America’s farming communities prosper, the entire...

Mayors and Business Leaders Say Budget Bill Threatens Clean Energy Jobs

Newsweek · June 16, 2025

City officials and business leaders in the clean energy sector are ramping up efforts to persuade Congress to prevent the budget reconciliation bill from cutting tax credits for clean energy. The mayors say thousands of jobs in their cities and...

Senator Hagerty’s Vision Beyond The GENIUS Act: Make Tennessee A Hub For Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Magazine - Tennessee · June 16, 2025

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has been in the headlines as of late as the GENIUS Act (S. 1582), a bill for which he was the primary sponsor, moves closer to passing in the U.S. Senate. The GENIUS Act is a bill that, if enacted into law, would create...