Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Announces $14.8 Million in Broadband Accessibility Grants
March 19, 2019
Tennessee Government
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced $14.8 million in broadband accessibility grants that will expand broadband service to more than 8,300 households and businesses in 17 counties across Tennessee.
“I am pleased to announce that we are getting our rural areas up to speed and expanding broadband in the areas that need it most,” said Lee. “I am committed to ensuring connectivity in every corner of our state as broadband impacts our goals for health care, education, economic development and beyond.”
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
Tennessee Announces What’s New For 2019
January 1, 2019
Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
Nashville, TN – Tourism in Tennessee continues to expand with new attractions, impressive state-of-the-art developments, expansions and milestone anniversary celebrations of iconic attractions that help shape “The Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee.”
Elvis Presley statue near Historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Tourist Development)
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signs Food Tax Reduction Bill at Monroe County Grocery
May 21, 2013
Legislation last step in two-year effort to cut state portion of sales tax on groceries to 5 percent
Vonore, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam today traveled to Monroe County to sign legislation to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.
Haslam held a ceremonial bill signing at Sloan’s Grocery in Vonore, Tennessee.
In 2012, the General Assembly passed and the governor signed the first step in reducing the state portion of the sales tax on groceries, lowering the rate from 5.5 percent to 5.25 percent. [Read more]
Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports Partially Africanized Bees Found in East Tennessee
April 13, 2012
Citizens should be vigilant but not alarmed
Vonore, TN – Tennessee’s first case of partially Africanized bees was confirmed through genetic testing last week in a colony belonging to a beekeeper in Monroe County. The colony has been depopulated and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture is working with beekeepers in the area to determine if other bees could have been affected.
State Apiarist, Mike Studer, says it is no surprise that partially Africanized bees have made their way to Tennessee considering they have already been found in other states such as Texas, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida.
An Africanized honey bee (left) and a European honey bee on honeycomb. Despite color differences between these two bees, mostly they can’t be identified by eye. (Photo by Scott Bauer)
