Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Christopher C. Puri has been appointed to a two-year term as chair of the American Health Care Association’s Legal Committee, which began in January 2024. He also was named a member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.

2. State unemployment rate ticks down to 3.3% - Friday, May 26, 2023

The state of Tennessee experienced lower unemployment in April, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. It is the second consecutive month the statewide jobless rate has dropped.

3. State begins payments from opioid settlements - Friday, March 3, 2023

Tennessee’s Opioid Abatement Council is making the first payments from opioid lawsuit settlements to counties totaling more than $31.4 million. The state began processing the direct payments from the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund to county governments last week.

4. State unemployment rate holds steady - Friday, October 28, 2022

Unemployment in Tennessee remained unchanged between August and September, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September came in at 3.4% and is just 0.2 of a percentage point away from Tennessee’s all-time low rate of 3.2%.

5. Rock Hall names Ryman rock music landmark - Friday, June 3, 2022

The Ryman Auditorium has been designated as an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

In a dedication ceremony, Mark Fioravanti, president of Ryman Hospitality Properties, and Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, made the announcement at the Ryman, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary.

6. Lyft, Spin partner, scoot into Nashville - Friday, April 8, 2022

Lyft and Spin have announced a partnership to bring Spin scooters to the Lyft app in 60 U.S. markets, including Nashville.

More cities are launching over the coming months.

This integration further positions Lyft as the go-to transportation platform as riders have new, cost-effective and more sustainable ways to get from point A to point B. This exclusive partnership creates a seamless experience: riders can simply rent and pay for Spin scooters in the Lyft app without needing to download another app or add new payment information.

7. Low-fare airline Swoop adds Nashville flights - Friday, February 18, 2022

Swoop, Canada’s leading ultra-low-fare airline, is expanding its presence in the United States by adding non-stop flights to five new destinations this summer: Nashville, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

8. Baker Donelson taps Boyd for vice chair post - Friday, February 18, 2022

Baker Donelson has named Martha L. Boyd as vice chair of the firm’s labor and employment group. Boyd will work with the group’s chair, Angie Davis, to oversee the management and strategy of Baker Donelson’s national labor and employment practice.

9. Metro breaks record for construction permits - Friday, January 28, 2022

As growth continues throughout Davidson County, Metro Nashville Codes and Building Safety Administration issued more than 14,600 building permits in 2021 valued at nearly $5.5 billion, a $900 million increase compared to 2021.

10. Baker Donelson names health group leaders - Friday, November 5, 2021

Baker Donelson has named two attorneys to leadership roles within its Health Law Group.

S. Craig Holden has been named co-chair of the Baker Ober Health Law Group, one of the largest health law practices in the country. He serves as co-chair of the group with Ashby Q. Burks, a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office.

11. Nashville law firms announce merger - Friday, October 22, 2021

MTR Family Law, PLLC, is merging with Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, and establishing the new Family Law Practice Group of GSRM, effective Jan. 1.

“We feel privileged to combine two long-standing, Nashville-based law firms who share similar values, commitment to client service, and investment in the Nashville community,” says Phillip P. Welty, managing member, GSRM Law. “Our combined resources and experience will benefit our clients significantly. MTR Family Law has an excellent reputation. It is a win for all.”

12. Solar firm buys carbon offset outfit, both tied to Bredesen - Friday, October 15, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee solar energy firm has bought an organization that helps companies offset their carbon emissions by funding new solar farms, both of which a former governor helped establish.

13. Jack Daniel's inks deal on Tennessee solar farm - Friday, April 9, 2021

LYNCHBURG (AP) — Iconic whiskey maker Jack Daniel's has struck a long-term deal to fuel a solar panel farm a few miles from its Tennessee distillery.

14. Revance relocating HQ here from California - Friday, December 25, 2020

Revance Therapeutics is relocating its headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Newark, California, to Nashville.

As part of the relocation, the biotechnology company will invest more than $10 million and create nearly 150 jobs over the next five years.

15. Chartis buys Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock - Friday, November 20, 2020

Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, Inc., a Nashville-based communications and change management firm serving the health care industry, has been acquired by The Chartis Group of Chicago, a leading health care advisory and analytics firm.

16. Vanderbilt University reaches deal on renewable energy push - Friday, January 17, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Vanderbilt University announced a renewable energy deal Wednesday aimed at offsetting a portion of the school's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville Electric Service and Silicon Ranch are partnering with Vanderbilt on a 20-year agreement to reduce the annual equivalent of almost 7,000 cars driven or 5,000 homes powered. That equals about 70 percent of Vanderbilt's annual indirect greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity, the university said.

17. Bredesen introduces renewable energy firm - Friday, October 18, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — A new business venture by former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen takes on global warming by helping companies fund solar panels in communities with dirty-power electric grids.

The Democrat plans to introduce Clearloop on Tuesday at a conference headlined by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It's Bredesen's first big public foray since losing a U.S. Senate bid last year. Former campaign staffers Bob Corney and Laura Zapata are teaming up with him in the company.

18. Come fly with Phil, Marsha on gilded wings - Friday, September 14, 2018

Early in his U.S. Senate campaign, former Gov. Phil Bredesen shied away from talking about his opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, preferring to focus instead on ideas.

But a new TV ad paid for by Majority Forward, a Democrat-leaning group, dubs her as “Air Blackburn” for taking all sorts of junkets and voting herself pay raises over 10 years in Congress.

19. Advanced energy sector soars - Friday, September 7, 2018

Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council states the advanced energy sector is so strong in Tennessee that it outperforms the state’s overall economy, employing nearing 360,000 Tennesseans in more than 18,000 businesses that contribute almost $40 billion to the state’s gross domestic product.

20. Four leaders look to future of state’s job growth - Friday, September 7, 2018

The Ledger asked four career development leaders in Tennessee for their advice about how to approach the job market. We also asked them about promising careers and what issues are important to tackle as the state adds jobs, new industries and more education and training.

21. CapStack buys Nashville properties - Friday, January 26, 2018

CapStack Partners has acquired three Nashville properties with 475 units. The acquisition includes The Vistas, a 205-unit property, Fawnwood Apartments, a 158-unit property, and Archwood Meadows, a 112-unit property.

22. Pinnacle’s Kidd named top bank advisor in US - Friday, December 22, 2017

Bank Investment Consultant magazine has named Pinnacle Financial Partners associate Brock Kidd No. 1 on its list of Top 100 Bank Advisors. This is his eighth appearance on the list.

Pinnacle associates Jamie Hare (No. 20), Brick Sturgeon (No. 47) and Barry Moody (No. 62) also earned spots on the magazine’s annual ranking.

23. Aspiring tech prodigy tries to re-route self-driving cars - Friday, April 7, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Austin Russell, now 22, was barely old enough to drive when he set out to create a safer navigation system for robot-controlled cars. His ambitions are about to be tested.

Five years ago, Russell co-founded Luminar Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup trying to steer the rapidly expanding self-driving car industry in a new direction. Luminar kept its work closely guarded until Thursday, when the startup revealed the first details about a product Russell is touting as a far more powerful form of "lidar," a key sensing technology used in autonomous vehicles designed by Google, Uber and major automakers.

24. TVA wants public comment on solar facility assessment - Friday, July 29, 2016

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking for public comment on a draft environmental assessment for a proposed purchase agreement with a planned solar generating facility in McNairy County.

25. Health care’s ‘lost opportunity’ - Friday, September 20, 2013

More than two years after leaving state office, Phil Bredesen, the popular former governor and mayor of Nashville, is still on the go. While enjoying a post-political life in Nashville that includes gardening and grand parenting with wife Andrea Conte, Bredesen remains active in promoting bipartisan solutions to issues such as the national debt as a speaker and as a member of the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank.

26. Tennessee Volkswagen plant powers up solar park - Friday, January 18, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) - German automaker Volkswagen on Wednesday flipped the on switch for a new solar park at its Tennessee assembly plant.

The 33-acre installation next to the Chattanooga plant has a capacity to produce more than 13 gigawatt hours of electricity per year. That's the equivalent of the amount of energy used by 1,200 area homes each year, according to Volkswagen.

27. Solar deal means more meals for Second Harvest - Friday, February 24, 2012

When Nashville-based Silicon Ranch approached the Second Harvest Food Bank about a partnership that would cost them no money but save plenty, it seemed like too good a deal to pass up.

Silicon Ranch wanted to install solar panels on the roof of their Great Circle Road facility at no cost. Instead, the estimated annual 2600 kilowatt hours harvested from the 840 panels would be returned to the grid, and the TVA would issue energy credits. Silicon Ranch and Second Harvest would each get a portion of those credits.