Business

Listen Last month, Sen. Lamar Alexander proposed a bill intended to help people who live where health insurance companies are pulling out of the Affordable Care Act marketplace. It would apply nationwide but indirectly references one specific organization in the senator’s home state: Tennessee Farm Bureau.

Listen A South Korean official says a new plant near Clarksville will be the first major investment from that country since President Trump took office. Hyung-hwan Joo, the minister of trade for South Korea, joined Governor Bill Haslam to announce Tuesday that a $250-million facility LG Electronics will build to make washing machines will be one […]

Listen The Nashville area is home to a growing number of fashion brands: powerhouses like international footwear company Genesco, small designers like shoemaker Nisolo, distribution warehouses for Gap and Under Armour. On Wednesday, the Nashville Fashion Alliance released a report quantifying the economic impact of these brands at nearly $6 billion. It’s a number that […]

Listen It was one of the clearest promises President Trump made on the campaign trail: He’d renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement hammered out by his predecessor. Charlie Nelson was hoping for the deal to go through anyway somehow. Now, the president of Green Brier Distillery in Nashville is trying to stay optimistic […]

Listen Tennessee’s business community has long linked itself closely to Japan. The state is home to nearly 200 Japanese companies, and prominent Tennessee businessman Bill Hagerty is poised to be the next U.S. ambassador to the country.  So when one Nashville-based startup decided to launch a language app that helps foreigners adapt to Tennessee, it […]

Listen Click on the slideshow to find out more about the five other laws going into effect Jan. 1. Tennessee brewers are working on some beers with a little more punch. That’s because of a new state law that went into effect Jan. 1. Craft brewers had been pushing the state to lift a restriction […]

Listen The football teams from the University of Tennessee and the University of Nebraska are in Nashville prepping for Friday’s Music City Bowl. And even though they’re competitors, they’re staying in the same hotel. It’s a unique undertaking for the Gaylord Opryland Resort, which not only houses them but also has to figure out how […]

Listen December is a busy month for recycling operations: In Nashville, the amount of paper that gets recycled is 20 percent higher than the rest of the year. 

Listen Call it the Uber of healthcare. With the touch of a button on a smartphone, people in Davidson County can order a nurse practitioner to come to them within two hours. Some startups have already been experimenting with this model — including one in Nashville — but now Vanderbilt, one of the most prominent […]