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• Tennessee Preps for 50 Million Tourists
  (Commercial Appeal, May 29, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Makes $4M Investments from INCITE Fund
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 22, 2012)
• Scott County, Tennessee, Hospital Set to Close
  (Tennessean, May 17, 2012)
  
• Haslam Signs Cash Grants Plan
  (Tennessean, May 17, 2012)
• Businesses Urged to Prepare for New Food Tax Rate
  (News Sentinel, May 14, 2012)
  
• Experts Worry Tenn. Pharmacy Students May Have Trouble Finding Jobs
  (Times News, May 13, 2012)
  
• La-Z-Boy Seeks Help to Expand Dayton, Tennessee, Plant
  (Times Free Press, May 11, 2012)
• Daimler Joins Nissan in Decherd, Tennessee
  (Times Free Press, May 10, 2012)
• Low Interest Rates Prod Spending
  (Tennessean, May 5, 2012)
• Tennessee Ranked 4th for Business Climate
  (Times Free Press, May 3, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Legislature: A Checklist of Business Policies for 2012
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 2, 2012)
  
• Report: 37,000 Tennessee Businesses Don't Have Broadband
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 2, 2012)
• Tennessee Business Leaders Visit White House
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 2, 2012)
  
• The Impact of Women-Owned Businesses
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 2, 2012)
  
• Milan Arsenal to Lay Off 429 Employees
  (Jackson Sun, April 30, 2012)
• Tennessee Aquarium Aims to Raise Attendance and Donations
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 29, 2012)
  
• State-Sponsored Trade Mission Opens Doors in Far East
  (Tennessean, April 27, 2012)
  
• Haslam Fast-Track Business Grant Bill Clears Senate
  (Times News, April 27, 2012)
• LaunchTN Plan to Create Jobs
  (Tennessean, April 27, 2012)
  
• Leadership, Strategy Changes at Tenn. Technology Development Corp.
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 26, 2012)
  
• Innovation Conference Reflects New Era for Tennessee Startups
  (Tennessean, April 26, 2012)
  
• Tennessee 5th in Green Jobs
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 25, 2012)
  
• Tennessee to Business Community: Innovate
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 18, 2012)
• Report Shows Link between Money, Education, and Life Expectancy
  (News Sentinel, April 23, 2012)
  
• How Did Tennessee Become the 'Motor State'?
  (Tennessean, April 22, 2012)
• Tennessee Ranks 3rd in Construction Job Growth
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 18, 2012)
• Brightway Insurance Plans to Open 72 Locations in Tennessee
  (Commercial Appeal, April 16, 2012)
• Auto Industry Enriches Tennessee Coffers
  (Tennessean, April 15, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Income Growth Fastest in South
  (Times Free Press, April 14, 2012)
• Tennessee's Growth Is Fueled by Exports to World Markets
  (Tennessean, April 5, 2012)
• Tennessee Added Fifth-Most Government Jobs Since Recession Began
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 27, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Shows Solid Export Results in Brookings Report
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 8, 2012)
• Big South Fork Generates $26.6 Million in 2010
  (News Sentinal, March 5, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Trails Other States in Money to Lure Filmmakers
  (Tennessean, March 4, 2012)
  
• Tennesseans with Jobs Most in 4 years
  (News Sentinal, March 1, 2012)
  
• Site Selection Magazine Ranks Tennessee No. 9 in U.S.
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 1, 2012)
  
• Snapshot Shows More Tennessee Children in High-Poverty Communities
  (News Sentinal, Feb. 25, 2012)
  
• Most Tennessee Students Not Qualified For New Jobs
  (News Channel 9, Feb. 16, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Transportation Jobs Expected to Multiply
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 16, 2012)
• State Rebounding from Economic Slump, UT Professor Says
  (News Sentinel, Feb. 14, 2012)
  
• Tennessee Sales Tax Highest in Nation
  (Tax Foundation, Feb. 14, 2012)
• More Food Lion Layoffs Reported
  (News Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2012)
  
• Corporate Investment in Tennessee Adds 28,500 Jobs
  (Times Free Press, Feb. 1, 2012)
  
• UT's Tennessee Economic Forecast and Report to the Governor (pdf)
  (CBER, Jan. 31, 2012)
• Briggs & Stratton Closing Is Another Blow to Struggling West Tennessee
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 26, 2012)
• Governor's Initiative Aims to Raise State's Share of Tourism
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 26, 2012)
• Tennessee Ranked 14th Tax Friendliest State by Tax Foundation
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 25, 2012)
• Nissan Plant in Tennessee Cranks Mercedes Engines for Germans
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 17, 2012)
  
• Grants Available for Tennessee Businesses
  (Times News, Jan. 14, 2012)
  
• Food Lion Closings to Take 1,100 Tennessee Jobs
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 13, 2012)
  
• Century Mold Launching $4.2 Million Expansion in Shelbyville
  (Nashville Business Journal, Jan. 13, 2012)
• Nissan Delivers Boost to Decherd Engine Plant
  (News Sentinel, Jan. 9, 2012)
  
• Southeast's Economy on Rise, but Recovery Will Be Slow
  (Tennessean, Jan. 8, 2012)
  
• Air Quality Permits Granted for Construction of Greene County Plant
  (Times News, Jan. 5, 2012)
  
• Maury County Alliance Looks Forward to 2012
  (Columbia Daily Herald, Dec. 30, 2011)
• 2011 Tennessee Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (pdf)
  (Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury website, Dec. 29, 2011)
• Tennessee State Funding Board Revenue Concensus Figures (pdf)
  (State of Tennessee website, Dec. 19, 2011)
• Tennessee Funding Board Approves $20M in Business Grants
  (News Sentinel, Dec. 14, 2011)
  
• Full Tennessee Job Recovery Could Take 5 Years
  (News Sentinel, Dec. 14, 2011)
• Tennessee Solar Study Says Need to Stay Aggressive
  (Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 8, 2011)
  
• Tennessee State Workforce Falls about 10% since 2008
  (Times Free Press, Dec. 5, 2011)
• Tennessee Tourism Counts on Bowl Games, Special Events in December
  (Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2011)
• Titan Tire Outlines Tentative Plans for Goodyear Plant in Union City
  (Commercial Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011)
• Tennessee Manufacturing on Slight Upswing
  (News Sentinel, Nov. 13, 2011)
• Feds Give Tennessee $3.4 Million for Former Goodyear Workers
  (Memphis Business Journal, Nov. 9, 2011)
• Bill in U.S. Senate to Tax Online Sales Could Generate $300M for TN
  (Commercial Appeal, Nov. 9, 2011)
  
• Industrial Jobs in Tennessee Declined 1.4% Over Past Year
  (Wall Street Journal Market Watch, Nov. 7, 2011)
  
• Tennessee Drops to 8th in Business Climate Ranking
  (Site Selection magazine, Nov., 2011)
  
• U.S. Ranking Boosts State's Retiree Recruitment
  (News Sentinel, Oct. 28, 2011)
• Tennessee Adds Government Employees through Recession
  (Memphis Business Journal, Oct. 26, 2011)
• Researcher: Tennessee Economic Growth Weak, Needs 'Serious Action'
  (Tennessean, Oct. 21, 2011)
• No Longer Made in China: U.S. Companies Start Re-Importing Some Jobs
  (Tennessean, Oct. 16, 2011)
  
• Tennessee Invests in Farm Innovation, Diversification
  (Southeast Farm Express, Oct. 13, 2011)
  
• Tennessee Tourism Rose 6.3% in 2010
  (Commercial Appeal, Oct. 7, 2011)
  
• Amazon to Start Collecting Tennessee Sales Tax in 2014
  (Tennessean, Oct. 6, 2011)
• Tennessee's Job Recruitment Grows Despite Economy
  (Times Free Press, Oct. 6, 2011)
  
• China Trade Imbalance Cost Tennessee 57,900 Jobs
  (Memphis Business Journal, Sept. 28, 2011)
• Task Force to Aid Rural Economic Development
  (News Sentinel, Sept. 28, 2011)
• Tennessee Has Highest Average Sales Tax in the Nation
  (Times Free Press, Sept. 28, 2011)
• UT: Tennessee Economy Won't Improve until 2013
  (Nashville Business Journal, Sept. 22, 2011)
• Analysts: GM Deal Could Apawn 6,000 Additional Jobs across Tennessee
  (Nashville Business Journal, Sept. 21, 2011)
• Tennessee Companies Win Trade Awards
  (Commercial Appeal, Sept. 21, 2011)
• Bridgestone Plans $37 Million Expansion in Warren County
  (Nashville Business Journal, Sept. 22, 2011)
• Group Says Amazon.com Sales Will Cost Tennessee $3 Billion, 10,000 Jobs
  (Times News, Sept. 20, 2011)
• Marathon Heater to Open Plant in Brownsville, Accepting Applications Now
  (Commercial Appeal, Sept. 20, 2011)

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