“Total employment is up 4% from last year, 3.8% to be exact, best that we can tell. That’s about 16,400 jobs that have come to Knoxville in the last 12 months,” Matt Harris an Associate Professor for the UT Boyd…

LeAnn Luna, a Professor of Accounting for the Department of Accounting and Information Management in the Boyd Center at UT Knoxville, explained why tax refunds may also be smaller this year than the previous year.

Larry Kessler, a Research Associate Professor for the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, visited with WATE 6 On Your Side News at Midday to explain what the economic report to the Governor is….

“The optimism about our state’s economy, as well as the lowered fear of recession, are both very encouraging to see,” Don Bruce, the director of the Boyd Center, stated in a post.

Younger students have a long way to go to recover from COVID-era learning losses, and many families are dissatisfied with public education to the point that they are leaving public schools for home school and private school options.