by design | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
“Tennessee Pledge” plan encourages best practices for industries, continued social distancing Today, Gov. Bill Lee issued the first steps from the “Tennessee Pledge,” the state’s rollout of guidance and best practices for Tennessee businesses in 89 of the state’s 95...
by design | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is offering a free COVID-19 testing opportunity this Saturday, April 25, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum parking facility. KCHD is grateful to the City of Knoxville for providing the testing location, the Tennessee National...
by design | Apr 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville announced that the city’s budget will still be released, as scheduled, on Friday, April 24, 2020, but in a different format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city plans to upload the complete budget to KnoxvilleTN.gov/budget, send out an...
by design | Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Tennessee State Parks will reopen most of its 56 state parks on Friday, April 24, for day-use only. Specific details on which parks will reopen will be available on tnstateparks.com this week. “We are eager to serve once again but we urge Tennesseans to continue to...
by design | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Gov. Lee’s daily press conferences are held each Monday through Thursday at 3 p.m. CDT and can be viewed here. Gov. Lee has also established a website specific to COVID-19 updates which can be found here. Key Updates Record Testing Conducted This Weekend In an...
by design | Apr 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Friday, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement regarding the success of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): “The Treasury Department and SBA launched the...
