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Unemployment low, but Tennessee sheds jobs for 5th month in a row
Tennessee's unemployment rate remains at 3.6%, but for the fifth month in a row, the number of people employed statewide has dropped, newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.
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A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?
After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life.
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Oil prices rise, but not by enough to keep Wall Street from more records
Oil prices rose Monday following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, and U.S. stocks ticked to more records.
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Anthropic races toward a Wall Street debut with a confidential SEC filing
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is moving toward going public on Wall Street, the latest chapter in its meteoric rise from a little-known research laboratory to one of the leading AI companies valued at $965 billion.
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Nashville mayor proposes pilot program that could lead to affordable housing bond
When Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell delivered his State of Metro address at the end of April, he mentioned a new tool that would "build the foundation needed to initiate a durable affordable housing bond."
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Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks, including offering instructions to children considering suicide and helping suspects plot crimes.
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A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors
When Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011, two major bookstores in Nashville had closed and physical bookstores in general seemed endangered as Amazon's share of the market kept growing. Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded — and stores owned by authors such as Patchett are now a niche unto themselves, found everywhere from Brooklyn to New Mexico.
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Playbook 2026: How Chattanooga’s business leaders are preparing for what comes next
Chattanooga is changing — much of it happening right in front of us, while other parts are harder to see.
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Apprenticeship Works strives to grow Chattanooga’s apprenticeship ecosystem
Mission: Apprenticeship Works strives to grow the apprenticeship ecosystem in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
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5 ways to stay relevant in a changing world
The future of work isn't coming, it's already here. AI is accelerating change across every industry, and the way we learn and work is shifting with it. In a world moving this fast, the ability to adapt, learn and contribute in new ways is no longer optional. The good news: staying relevant is within your control.
