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Listen Corrections Corporation of America is rebranding, but officials say they’re not abandoning the company’s core business. Despite heightened criticism of for-profit prison operators, leaders of the Nashville-based firm say they’re as enthusiastic as ever.

Listen Corrections Corporation of America is attempting to transform. The Nashville-based prison operator is trying out new business lines. It’s shedding senior leaders. And it’s even got a new name. But as the company prepares to release its quarterly earnings Wednesday, it’s still got plenty of critics.

Listen The new hotels opening in Nashville this month are not cheap, but tourism officials hope the increased competition will start to bring down the rates in the region, which are right now among the highest in the country. 

Listen It’s no secret that the construction industry in Nashville is struggling to find workers. Contractors say they have more jobs than they can fill. Some even post “help wanted” signs on their construction sites. The biggest challenge, industry leaders say, is making the next generation aware of the work and prepared to do it.

Gov. Bill Haslam declared a state of emergency Friday to address the supply of gasoline to Tennessee, and analysts are warning that Tennessee drivers could see higher fuel prices in the coming days. This follows the closure of a major pipeline that runs through the state.  The Colonial Pipeline, which runs from the Gulf Coast […]

Listen Tobacco is still the biggest cash crop in many Tennessee fields, as it’s been for generations. But farmers are looking for other options that aren’t quite so difficult to grow. And some, like David Fulton in Robertson County, are turning to an unusual crop: indigo — the plant that can be used to dye denim. 

Listen Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America is trying to calm investors’ nerves after the Justice Department announced it would phase out the use of private prisons. Company leaders say it’ll have less impact on CCA’s bottom line than many seem to think. They note that about half of CCA’s revenue comes from state and local […]

Middle Tennessee’s job growth for high-tech manufacturing and other “advanced industries” has accelerated faster than anywhere else in America, according to a new analysis from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program.