Here is your Cleveland, Tenn. | Bradley County, Tenn. news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: In news today… Former Senator Bob
Here is your Cleveland, Tenn. | Bradley County, Tenn. news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
In news today…
Former Senator Bob Corker will be the keynote speaker at the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce Small Business luncheon later today at noon at the Museum Center at Five Points.
Senator Corker will be interviewed by Mix 104.1/MixTV.tv Steve Hartline. The luncheon will feature the awarding of the Mel Bedwell Small Business Person Award. The annual award is named for the late local business leader.
Senator Corker’s appearance comes at an opportune time for his comments on the state of the national political situation, and also world events, based on his experience and chairmanship of committees during his time in the United States Senate. The public will be able to watch the event live on MixTV.tv today at noon.
Also in news today…
A report from from Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett indicates Tennessee employment now surpasses pre-pandemic levels.
Tennessee new business filings continued to grow in the first quarter of 2022. New entity filings expanded by 8.7 percent over the already elevated level of new filings from the first quarter of last year. The number of annual reports also rose by 13.4 percent over the same quarter from the year prior. Business filings data are highly seasonal. For example, the number of new business filings in the first quarter is generally higher than those from the fourth quarter of the previous year. For this reason, we largely focus on year-over-year growth rates. Over the last twelve months, Tennessee has registered 77,001 new entity filings and 301,413 annual reports.
Growth in new entity filings suggests a continuation of positive economic momentum for the state in the near term. Historically, gains in new entity filings have been a good leading indicator for nonfarm employment, personal income, and total tax revenue growth in Tennessee. However, economic volatility due to external forces such as inflationary pressures, COVID-19, and geo-political conflicts cannot be fully captured by a leading indicator, however encouraging the indicators may be.
Nonfarm employment rose by 0.3 percent in March, representing an increase of 8,100 jobs over the month prior. In Tennessee, nonfarm employment levels have fully recovered from the pandemic, and are now up 45,500 as compared to February 2020. Tennessee’s unemployment rate continues to fall, and now sits at 3.2 percent as of March 2022. This is 0.4 percentage points below the national unemployment rate of 3.6 percent (Figure 5). In the fourth quarter of 2021, nominal personal income was $382.8 billion, representing a very strong annualized increase of 7.4 percent as compared to the third quarter. Strong income gains were driven by both job growth, as the labor market continued to recover, and wage gains.
A person was recently caught on camera in Polk County stealing a catalytic converter from a church bus.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office shared the video on their Facebook page.
Authorities say the suspect parked a white Honda- or Toyota-style vehicle across from the Westmore Church in Delano to steal the converter.
If you have any information please call the sheriff’s office at 423-338-4540. You can also message the sheriff’s office on Facebook.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
A new Tennessee law signed by Gov. Bill Lee during the recent legislative session created a pathway for pharmacists to dispense ivermectin directly to patients who would like to use the treatment for COVID-19.
The law authorizes pharmacists to provide ivermectin to patients 18 years of age or older through a “collaborative pharmacy practice agreement,” which is an agreement under which a pharmacist and a prescriber — such as a physician — establish procedures for the pharmacist to diagnose certain conditions and dispense related medications on their own. It does not require the prescriber ever to see the patient.
The law also directs the state pharmacy board to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists providing ivermectin through a collaborative practice agreement, including rules to provide the patient with a standardized fact sheet regarding ivermectin — though such agreements can already be struck without the board’s rules.
