Biz-friendly TN

With weight on taxes, Tennessee ranks among the top-third U.S. States for business friendlieness, the KNS reports.

TN biz climate boost

According to the KNS, the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce has given a grant to the University of Tennessee economic-development technical assistance program to, as the KNS put it, "improve the region's business climate." No details on what that means. We think the grant of about $142K is going to this UT unit.