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A new governor, two new speakers of the House of Representatives, and the state’s first ever school voucher law.
Women now outnumber men in medical school, but some specialties still have a wildly lopsided gender mix. So it was actually kind of a big deal when Saint Thomas hired a new heart surgeon this year — the hospital’s first woman.
Tennessee lawmakers are asking the president to approve disaster relief funding for 10 counties affected by a tropical storm in October.
Sens. Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Mark Green sent the letter Monday, a week after the governor requested FEMA money to deal with nearly $22 million dollars worth of damages.
As construction spreads to more rural parts of Davidson County, that’s bringing more developers face to face with cemeteries.
Is it income or is it not?
That’s the question many are asking about Tennessee’s new school voucher initiative after the state’s Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn provided conflicting statements last week.
