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Haslam Announces New ECD Commissioner
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov.
Bill Haslam today announced
Randy Boyd as the new commissioner of Economic and
Community
Development.
A successful entrepreneur,
Boyd, 55, served as a full-time,
unpaid special advisor to the
governor for higher education
in 2013, focusing on the “Drive
to 55” initiative to bring the
percentage of Tennesseans
with college degrees or certificates from 32 percent up to 55
percent by the year 2025.
Boyd’s work resulted in the
Tennessee Promise, the program to provide two years of
community college or a college
of applied technology (TCAT)
absolutely free of tuition and
fees to graduating Tennessee
high school seniors.
“Randy understands the importance of making sure that
the business community and
educators are working hand in
hand to meet our workforce
needs,” Haslam said. “More
than ever, offering an educated and highly trained work-
force is part of attracting new
business to our state and encouraging existing businesses
to expand here. Randy’s experience and success in the private sector as well as his engagement in the education
community make him a perfect
fit to continue our focus on
being the No. 1 location in the
Southeast for high quality
jobs.”
Read more of the press release on TN’s website…
news.tn.gov/node/13354
News and Notes
Humboldt Public Library Featured
The Internet Garden at the
Humboldt Public Library was
featured on the back cover of
the January/February issue of
the Center Point Large Print
Catalog.
Libraries from all over the U.S.
were
asked
to
submit
interesting photos of new or
different things about their
libraries.
IRS Releases New Mileage Rates for 2015
THE
VINE
For business use of an
automobile, the rate
increases to 57.5 cents
per mile, up from 56 cents
in 2014.
For medical or moving
expenses, it is 23 cents
per mile, down half a cent
from 2014.
For services to charitable
organizations, the rate
stays the same at 14 cents
per mile.
Read more about the
changes here...courtesy of
our friends at Alexander,
Thompson, Arnold, PLLC.
atacpa.net/2015-irs-m ileagerates/