Listen President-elect Donald Trump says companies thinking about moving overseas should instead negotiate special deals across state lines. One Nashville economist says that might be a good idea for those companies, but maybe not for the states themselves.
Economist Art Laffer’s Advice: Cut Taxes — Not Special Deals — To Keep Jobs In U.S.
Gatlinburg Officials Try To Ease Doubts That Emergency Responders Could Have Done More
Listen More than two weeks after a deadly wildfire burned through Gatlinburg, killing 14 people, city officials are giving a detailed account of what was done to save lives.
How Will The Forests Fare Following Tennessee’s Terrible Fire Season?
Listen As Tennessee’s worst wildfire season in decades flames out, residents and visitors to fire-damaged areas are surprised to see the trees look fine. But forestry officials say just because the woods weren’t burned to stumps doesn’t mean nothing is wrong.
Nashville Health Care Startup Sees Profit Potential In Coaching Mothers Addicted To Opioids
Listen Tiffany Hall of Johnson City, Tenn., has been on both sides of the glass in the neonatal intensive care unit — first as a nurse, then as a mother. “I worked with the babies born into addiction. I knew what could happen. I knew what was going to happen,” Hall says.
Democrats Say Nashville Firm Reviewing Benefits Of Outsourcing Is Too Close To Haslam
Listen Tennessee Democrats say they’re still not sold on the benefits of potentially outsourcing thousands of state jobs at college campuses, parks and prisons. They’re calling for yet another round of analysis on the proposal, even though two so far have found it could save the state more than $35 million a year.
Murfreesboro Works To Repair The 1950s Road Project That Divided Its Landscape
Listen Roadways, once paved, shape cities for decades. In Murfreesboro, an effort began this year to undo a landscape-altering decision from the 1950s. As was common in many cities, a large road project cut through Murfreesboro. The Dixie Highway — or U.S. 41, or Broad Street, locally — cleared out “The Bottoms,” a flood-prone area […]
Major Nashville Hospital System Gets Into On-Demand Doctor House Calls
Listen Call it the Uber of healthcare. With the touch of a button on a smartphone, people in Davidson County can order a nurse practitioner to come to them within two hours. Some startups have already been experimenting with this model — including one in Nashville — but now Vanderbilt, one of the most prominent […]
Sumner County Hunter Awaits Ruling On Potential World Record Buck
A Sumner County hunter is still waiting to see whether the 46-point buck he killed last month is big enough to set a world record.
Republican-Led Medical Marijuana Bill Returning To Tennessee Legislature
A pair of Republican lawmakers will be making another go at legalizing medical marijuana in Tennessee. Sen. Steve Dickerson, a Nashville doctor, and Rep. Jeremy Faison of East Tennessee say they’ll unveil details of the plan next week.
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