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IRS Complaint Suggests Tennessee Charter Center Shouldn’t Be Tax Exempt

IRS Complaint Suggests Tennessee Charter Center Shouldn’t Be Tax Exempt

Blake Farmer

June 19, 2014

Labor groups in Nashville are taking a high-profile swipe at charter school advocates.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Greg Thompson, Tennessee Charter School Center

Want To Grow Hemp In Tennessee? There Are Some Hoops To Jump Through

micah bradley

June 19, 2014

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has just proposed rules for farmers wanting to grow hemp, and they’re pretty strict.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: hemp, marijuana legalization

Education Startups Are Booming Nationwide, And Nashville Has A Few In The Mix

Emily Siner

June 18, 2014

But unlike healthcare, education remains just a tiny sliver of Nashville’s growing tech industry. One ed-tech founder says he only knows of three companies in the area that have traction and funding.

Filed Under: Education

One New Commander At Fort Campbell Will Be Addressed As ‘Yes Ma’am’

micah bradley

June 18, 2014

The guard is changing at Fort Campbell, with a ceremony Friday to install Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky as commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Throughout the division, officers are being promoted to new roles, including the first woman to ever serve as a brigade commander at Fort Campbell.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell

Tennessee’s Bob Corker Plays Dealmaker In Restoring Highway Trust Fund

Bradley George

June 18, 2014

Tennessee’s Bob Corker is once again casting himself as a Washington dealmaker. This time, the Republican Senator is touting a bipartisan plan to refill the federal highway trust fund, which is set to run out of money by the end of the year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Corker, gas tax, Highway Trust Fund, Senator Bob Corker

Nashville Council Does ‘Right Thing,’ Passes Benefits For Same-Sex Couples

Blake Farmer

June 17, 2014

Nashville will join the ranks of Tennessee cities who fund health insurance for the same-sex partners of employees. Tuesday night the Metro Council signed off on a plan estimated to cost as much as $1 million a year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Pridemore, Karl Dean, Lonnell Matthews

Why Timing Is Terrible For Tennessee Arrival Of Chikungunya Virus

Blake Farmer

June 17, 2014

Tennessee happens to have the kinds of mosquitoes that could transmit the Caribbean virus. And it also happens to be peak season for group mission trips to nations hard-hit by Chikungunya, such as Haiti.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control, chikungunya, Tennessee Department of Health

Girls’ Coding Workshop Aims To Make Tech Field Less Of A ‘Boys-Only Club’

Emily Siner

June 17, 2014

The programming workshop stops for one day in 10 cities around the state. That’s not a lot of time, and not all the girls will continue learning on their own. But one instructor says that’s OK — to make it in computer science, you have to be self-motivated.

Filed Under: WPLN News

Nashville’s Kurdish Community Fears For Family As Civil War Breaks Out In Iraq

Emily Siner

June 17, 2014

Iraq may be thousands of miles away, but for Nashville’s Kurdish population, the violence there hits close to home.

Filed Under: from Nashville to Erbil, WPLN News Tagged With: Kurds, Nashville Kurds

It Doesn’t Look Like Metro Police Will Get Their 3% Raise

Blake Farmer

June 17, 2014

The Fraternal Order of Police has even been running TV ads to make its case, but the council hasn’t gotten behind the across-the-board salary bump.

Filed Under: WPLN News

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