Jonathan Matisse

Associated Press

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

August 27, 2026

Heat Pumps Recalled After Causing $2.7 Million in Fire Damage

August 20, 2026

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippines Sea on June 24, 2022.

'Engineering Casualty' Strands U.S. Navy Destroyer in Pacific for Four Days

August 19, 2026

Firefighters work to put out a blaze after an explosion at Brent Industries, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Toledo, Ohio.

Explosions, Fire Tear Through Industrial Recycling Building in Ohio

August 18, 2026

Beyond the Dashboard

Beyond the Dashboard

Turning KPI insights into meaningful business action.

August 27, 2026

Workers at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tenn., walk by a Nissan Altima sedan on May 15, 2012.

Mini-Union Vote at Nissan Tennessee Plant Set

Fewer than 100 employees out of the thousands who work at the plant in Tennessee will have the chance to vote.

February 16, 2023

Tennessee Valley Authority President Jeffrey Lyash speaks with the Times Free Press from the TVA Chattanooga Office Complex, April 23, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

EPA Declined to Challenge Federal Utility on New Gas Plant

Federal environmental regulators won't stand in the way of the utility's latest extensive project.

February 15, 2023

This satellite image made available by NOAA shows cloud cover over North America on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 at 1:31 p.m.

Power Failures Amplify Calls for Utility to Rethink Gas

At one point, critical instrumentation froze up during an arctic blast.

January 2, 2023

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Cyberattack Disrupts Unemployment Benefits

It's shaking up unemployment benefits and job seeking assistance for thousands of people in several states.

July 1, 2022

Ford

Tennessee Considering $900M Ford Incentive Package

Lawmakers must also approve a new development authority to oversee the site.

October 19, 2021

United Auto Workers President Ray Curry, right, bumps fists with Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, left, after a presentation on the planned factory to build electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. The plant in Tennessee is to be built near Stanton, Tenn.

Ford's Plan for New EV Factories Raises Question Over Union Jobs

The carmaker is going to hire 11,000 workers, but just how good will those jobs be?

October 1, 2021

In this April 29, 2015 file photo, a boat travels on the Tennessee River near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn. Federal regulators have fined the nation’s largest public utility $145,000 for submitting incomplete and inaccurate information on a backup system at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission notified the Tennessee Valley Authority of the proposed fine regarding the Spring City, Tennessee plant in a Nov. 19, 2019 letter. The utility says it has taken corrective action, adding that the backup configuration was never used.

Federal Utility Fined $145K for Inaccurate Nuke Plant Info

The utility submitted incomplete and inaccurate information.

December 5, 2019

In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Democratic Senate candidate, former Gov. Phil Bredesen speaks to supporters after he conceded to Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., in their race for the U.S. Senate in Nashville, Tenn., as his wife Andrea Conte stands next to him. A new business venture by Bredesen takes on global warming by helping companies fund solar panels in communities with dirty-power electric grids. The Democrat plans to introduce Clearloop on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at a conference headlined by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It's Bredesen's first big public foray since losing a U.S. Senate bid last year.

Ex-Gov. Launches Energy Firm

Clearloop will enable companies to compensate for their emissions impact by paying to fund new solar panels in communities with the dirtiest electric grids.

October 21, 2019

In this Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, a banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant in Lordstown, OH. It’s looking less likely that General Motors will again make vehicles at the Ohio assembly plant that shut down last winter.

Hope of Return to Closed GM Plant Fades for Workers

Among the thousands of former Lordstown assembly plant workers now spread across GM factories in seven states, many were hoping GM revive production and rescue their old jobs.

September 27, 2019

In this file photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga.

GOP Rehashes Fight Against VW Union

They're predicting economic harm if workers at Volkswagen's car assembly plant in Chattanooga vote to unionize.

June 7, 2019

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Utility Eyes Removal of Coal Ash from TN Plant

A new Tennessee Valley Authority report rules out options at the Allen Fossil Plant that would leave coal ash totaling 3.5 million cubic yards where it is now.

March 28, 2019

Electrolux

Electrolux Not Required Pay Back State

The appliance maker isn't legally required to repay $100 million in state incentives for its soon-to-be-shuttered Memphis factory.

February 6, 2019

In this June 29, 2000, file photo, Tracy Matlock, left, and David Culpepper, right, move barrels of Jack Daniel's whiskey from one of the warehouses at the famous distillery in Lynchburg, Tenn. Jack Daniel's is turning to state lawmakers to ensure that distillers aren't subject to property tax on whiskey barrels in Tennessee, which the company says it hasn't had to pay since at least the end of Prohibition eight decades ago.

Jack Daniel's Fights Barrel Tax

The company says it hasn't had to pay this tax since the Prohibition era.

February 27, 2018

Prop Plane Wiki

Group Wants Probe of Utility's Jets

A critic called the purchases "the very definition of corruption."

February 14, 2018