Audit Finds Widespread Problems in East Tennessee Drug Task Force

Most of the 31 task forces charged with coordinating drug enforcement efforts across Tennessee are keeping good records, according to an annual audit by the state Comptroller’s office. But the report shows one in far northeastern Tennessee is riddled with problems that local officials agree can only be fixed by a change in leadership.

Governor Bill Haslam set the table Tuesday for a discussion of how Tennessee colleges can do a better job readying students for the workforce. Much of the conversation centered on the state’s new policy of tying schools’ funding to outcomes like graduation rates.

Listen Now: The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute recently surveyed dozens of refugees around Nashville and asked if English classes were taught in their apartment complex, would they attend? All of them said yes. Yet free ESL classes are already offered around town, and few were enrolled. The proposed solution is a mobile classroom.

A new report shows efforts to improve the way Tennessee takes care of children in state custody have slowed down.

Brentwood-based BioMimetic has filed yet another round of paperwork in hopes of gaining federal approval for its bone graft therapy, called Augmentin.

State agriculture officials are urging farmers with hay to sell to list their crop on Tennessee’s online database. They say supplies are short and livestock producers are already looking to buy the feed for their animals.