How the Nashville Film Festival supports Tennessee’s growing film industry

The Nashville Film Festival is back for its 54th year Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, with more screens and films. “Year-round, we are committed to creating a larger platform for not just the filmmakers, but the industry at large that is emerging and existing here,” said the festival chief. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal

We asked, you answered: Here’s how Knoxville News Sentinel readers voted on Tennessee’s new license plates

Knoxville News Sentinel conducted three social media polls this week to see how readers would vote on Tennessee’s new license plate.       GANNETT Syndication Service

Tennessee’s uninsured children have doubled since 2019 and 2 in 5 live with food insecurity, poll finds

  by Jake Lowary In fall 2020, 9% of Tennessee children were uninsured, more than twice the level at the same time in 2019, according to a new poll conducted by the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy. Just 4% of children were uninsured in fall 2019, the poll found. The sharp increase is mostly due to record unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Between the fall of 2019 and 2020,...

East Tennessee’s U.S. Rep. Phil Roe to retire

A veteran and doctor, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe chaired the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and has been a stalwart on healthcare.         GANNETT Syndication Service

Tennessee’s economy is strong but prepare for a slowdown, experts say

Finance experts warned Tennessee budget leaders to prepare for a slowdown in the economy after a record-setting decade of growth.         GANNETT Syndication Service