By Caleb Pehrne, includes “The Tennessee comptroller's office is re-launching a statewide dashboard giving you a look inside county finances. The state dashboard shows most county governments in our region have about $1,000 of debt per person, a little higher than the state average. … ‘It is a conservative approach,’ Meredith said. ‘The county is not out here borrowing left and right. In fact, it's been five, six years since they county has issued any debt.’ …” (Note: This dashboard does not include retirement benefit obligations in reported “debt.”)