More than 55 million travelers (1.3 million Tennesseans) are making plans to kick off the holiday season with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving. [ Read More ]
Plans for Senator Ken Yager’s 26th annual chili supper and silent auction are complete with several of Tennessee’s top officials planning to attend, including Governor Bill Lee and Lt. Governor Randy McNally. [ Read More ]
State Senator Ken Yager made the following statement regarding the announcement that two Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology and one Community College in Senate District 12 will receive major grants under provisions of the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education Act which he co-sponsored. [ Read More ]
A host of 45 people came together at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida/Huntsville’s main campus in Huntsville on Wednesday, November 6th, to celebrate the announcement of a $1,546,400 ARC Power Grant awarded by the Federal Initiative Regional Commission for Workforce Development and Re-employment Opportunities Initiative to the partnership of TCAT-Oneida/Huntsville, TCAT-Jacksboro, and Somerset Community College. [ Read More ]
State Representative Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown) and State Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) announced a $42,750 Infrastructure Planning Grant has been awarded to the Town of Oneida. [ Read More ]
Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced that a total of 63,829 students from Tennessee’s graduating class took the ACT, earning an average composite score of 20. This represents a 98 percent participation rate, which is an all-time high in the state. Of those students, 41.7 percent earned a score of 21 or higher, making them eligible for the HOPE scholarship. [ Read More ]
Newly released information form the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows lower unemployment across the state in September. The seasonally adjusted rate of 3.4 percent is 0.1 of a percentage point lower than the revised August rate of 3.5 percent. [ Read More ]
The Tennessee Department of Homeland Security will host a rapid hiring event to fill Interim Driver License Examiner positions in metropolitan areas across the state. [ Read More ]
Did you know earthquakes can occur anywhere, but most quakes in this country happen in Alaska and California? Are you aware 45 states and territories in the United States are at risk of earthquakes? [ Read More ]
State Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) and Representative Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown) announced that Scott County will receive a total of $761,749 through Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). The lawmakers made the announcement after receiving the information from the Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). [ Read More ]
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