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Thursday, May 18, 2017 | 01:24pm
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Haslam Makes Appointments to State Boards and Commissions
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 | 03:10pmNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced the appointments of 186 Tennesseans to 68 boards and commissions. “I am grateful to these men and women for their commitment to serving our state,” Haslam said. “They will represent the people of Tennessee well.”
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Haslam Signs Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 | 04:45pmBROWNSVILLE – Before a meeting of the Governor’s Rural Development Task Force at H&R Agri-Power, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam held a ceremonial signing of the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act, the governor’s legislation to increase broadband access to Tennessee’s unserved citizens. The Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act permits Tennessee’s private, nonprofit electric cooperatives to provide retail broadband service, and it provides $45 million over three years in grants and tax credits for service providers to assist in making broadband available to unserved homes and businesses. In addition, the plan makes grant funding available to the state’s local libraries to help residents improve their digital literacy skills and maximize the benefits of broadband.
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TNECD Launches New Online Platform Tracking Key Performance Measures
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 | 09:00amNews | Economic & Community Development | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Governor To Sign Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act Tuesday in Brownsville
Monday, May 15, 2017 | 03:57pmNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will hold a bill signing ceremony Tuesday, May 16, for the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act at H&R Agri-Power in Brownsville. Haslam will be joined by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville), Sen. Mike Bell (R-Riceville), Rep. David Hawk (R-Greeneville) and Brownsville Mayor Bill Rawls.
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Homeland Vinyl to Expand in Surgoinsville
Friday, May 12, 2017 | 11:06amNews | Economic & Community Development | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Governor To Address Tennessee Promise Graduates at Southwest Tennessee Community College on Saturday
Friday, May 12, 2017 | 09:51amNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will address some of the first Tennessee Promise graduates at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis on Saturday, where 63 Promise students are completing their degrees within two years.
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Education Commissioner McQueen Completes Second Year of Statewide Classroom Tour
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Groundbreaking Tennessee Reconnect Act Headed to Governor
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | 10:00amNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today thanked the General Assembly for its partnership in making Tennessee the first state in the nation to offer all citizens – both high school graduates and adults – the chance to earn a postsecondary degree or certificate free of tuition and fees and at no cost to taxpayers. Building off the pioneering Tennessee Promise program, which provides high school graduates two years of community or technical college free of tuition and fees, the Tennessee Reconnect Act establishes a last-dollar scholarship for adults to attend a community college tuition-free. The legislation is on its way to the governor’s desk after being passed by the General Assembly.
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Governor Haslam, Commissioner Rolfe Announce HomeServe USA to Expand in Chattanooga
Tuesday, May 09, 2017 | 09:00amNews | Economic & Community Development | Governor Haslam | Press Releases | Non Press Releases
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Governor to Address First Class of Tennessee Promise Graduates at Cleveland State on Saturday
Friday, May 05, 2017 | 02:12pmNASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will address the first class of Tennessee Promise graduates at Cleveland State commencement exercises on Saturday, fulfilling a promise he made the students when they began their college careers in August 2015. Haslam will address graduates of Southwest Community College in Memphis, next Saturday, May 13. Launched in 2014, Tennessee Promise is the nation’s first scholarship and mentorship program offering high school graduates two years of community college or technical school free of tuition and fees. It is a last-dollar scholarship funded by the state’s lottery for education account and not through tax dollars. Initial data shows that more Tennesseans are going to college, fewer need remediation when they get there, and student borrowing is down.
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