TN economy awaits 2012

The University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research says it'll be at least two more years of Recession for the Volunteer State, with real progress not til 2012. The report to the Governor is here. Unemployment is likely to stay above 10 percent through most of 2011.

Tennessee education may be state's deadweight

UT Economist Matt Murray (left) lays it out: Not only is Tennessee's economy at the mercy of global forces, but our laggard public-education systems ensures we'll trail more progressive dates, far into the future... unless something changes. KNS story today here. If Murray's name sounds familiar, it may be because he's been pointman in assessing economic benefits of automotive sector's investments in the state.