Several counties in Tennessee have been sued over the process used to determine bail. A federal district judge in Nashville granted class action status to the group of plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that bail is not being determined on an individual...

Grants from the Energy Efficient Schools Initiative (EESI) have been announced. According to this article from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Rhea and Polk County are among those receiving grants. The EESI is funded with $90 million in excess...

The link listed below connects you to a telling map that tracks unemployment rates by county throughout the nation from January of 2007 to September of 2009. http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

The Governor's preliminary budget hearings concluded yeterday afternoon. We are working through the presentations to identify areas that could potentially impact county government. As has been noted before, to access streaming audio and video of the...

The State Comptroller's office has issued an update on the state's tax collections reflecting October's figures. That report is posted on our main website here: http://www.tncountycommissioners.org/files/Investor_Update_November_2009.pdf Archived...