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The Road Ahead: Steering Tennessee’s Auto Manufacturing Growth and Workforce Challenges

Tennessee is home to several of the nation’s leading manufacturing firms, helping to make the state’s manufacturing sector the second-largest contributor to both GDP and employment. The industry generates over $70 billion in manufacturing value-added output – about 14.8% of the state’s GDP – and employs 362,480 residents, representing 12.7% of all private sector jobs. […]

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FROM REFERENDUM TO REALITY: NEW REPORT OUTLINES LESSONS FOR NASHVILLE’S TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION

Think tank’s report draws lessons from Austin, Indianapolis, and Phoenix to guide Nashville’s next steps toward a world-class transit system NASHVILLE – Nearly one year after Nashville voters overwhelmingly approved the Choose How You Move transportation improvement plan, nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee has released a new research report—From Referendum to Reality: Leadership, Trust, and Transit […]

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Coverage in “Concern grows over Tennessee’s ongoing healthcare worker shortage amid US hiring slump” (The Tennessean)

Speakers, panelists, and conversations from ThinkTennessee‘s inaugural Policy Forum were featured in a recent article by The Tennessean. Read the full article here.

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