Five years ago, Tennessee lawmakers voted to allow guns in parks. But they also gave cities the power to opt out of the law. Now, they want to take that power back.
Why Has The Fight Returned Over Whether A City Can Ban Guns In Parks?
Why Is TVA Buying Spare Parts For A Nuclear Reactor It Hasn’t Finished Yet?
TVA says the steam generators at Watts Bar Unit 2 were installed decades ago, as the reactor sat unfinished. Agency officials insist it would be 8 to 10 years before the generators need to be swapped out, and it’s cheaper to buy them now rather than later.
The Difference Between For-Profit Charter Schools And Schools Run By For-Profits
Supporters of for-profit charter schools are trying to avoid using those words. Debate in the state legislature has gotten hung up on semantics.
Candy Flavors Put E-Cigarettes On Kids’ Menu
Electronic cigarettes are often billed as safe and helpful for adult smokers trying to kick their habit. But the CDC says 1 in 5 young teens who try an e-cigarette have never smoked tobacco. And between 2011 and 2012, the devices doubled in popularity among middle-school and high-school students.
That Old-Time Sound, Captured Live In The Moment
Their equipment may be quaint, but the new-school folklorists behind The 78 Project have pulled off a kind of musical time travel.
Volkswagen Workers Reject UAW
It was close, but employees at Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant voted against being represented by the United Auto Workers. The VW plant in Chattanooga was seen as the union’s best chance to organize at a foreign-owned plant in the south.
Reporter’s Notebook: High And Low Art Find Common Ground
Works by great Impressionist masters by morning, self-portraits of the city’s poorest residents in the afternoon, and the thread that ties them together.
What If The UAW Wins At Volkswagen?
Votes will be tallied late Friday night in the closely-watched union election at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant. If the United Auto Workers prevail, other foreign-owned auto plants in the South may be looking over their shoulder.
Does The Math Work On Haslam’s Free Community College Plan?
One of the outstanding questions on Governor Bill Haslam’s plan to offer free community college is whether the financing will really work. That’s even a question to the state’s top money-man, Treasurer David Lillard.
Tennessee Republicans Surprise Even Themselves With Tuition Help For Immigrants
There’s movement in the Tennessee legislature on proposals giving in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants and even to undocumented aliens themselves.
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