There's some good news for Tennessee business operators concerned about lack of child care to serve the needs of our state's labor force, with the introduction of new legislation in the General Assembly that aims to address the availability and affordability of this critical resource for Tennessee workers. What it is:   Among the bills is the proposed Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act  ( SB1683 /HB 1965 ), introduced this month by Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Ferrell

The Tennessee Business Roundtable (“the Roundtable”) membership has elected Dr. Nassar Nassar, founder, President, and CEO of Savant Learning Solutions and Virtual Academy, to be its Chair for 2026. He is based in Martin, Tennessee.   “The Tennessee Business Roundtable is the strategic meeting point for Tennessee’s top business minds to gather and turn bold ideas into our state’s economic reality. It is where we stop asking why a challenge exists and start engineering how we

The Tennessee Business Roundtable (“the Roundtable”) is excited to announce the addition of Catherine Eakin to its staff as Manager, Events & Communications, effective January 6, 2026. Catherine comes to the Roundtable from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), where she was the Special Events Coordinator. This role involved working closely with university leadership and various campus entities, along with community partners, to ensure events were successfully execut