Several members of the Tennessee General Assembly are rewriting their gun legislation in response to White House calls for more gun control.
State Lawmakers Respond to White House Gun Control
Vandy Eyes Big Expansion for Elite Medical Program
Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine is looking to double the size of its program for elite physician scientists. Only a few dozen universities get money from the National Institutes of Health to fund such programs, which can take eight years to finish.
Capitol Hill Conversation – Lobbyists Adapt to New Rules
Lobbyists at the state capitol remain in overdrive trying to find sponsors for their legislation before all the good ones were gone. A new cap on the number of bills that can be filed in the General Assembly is expected to alter how the legislature does business. And lobbyists are at the center of it all.
Elton John to Debut Live, Remote Piano Technology
The Franklin office of piano maker Yamaha was given a big assignment for the company’s 125th anniversary: throw a concert heard around the world. Literally. WPLN’s Nina Cardona has the story.
Long-Serving Metro Employees Hit Buyout Deadline
A few hundred Metro employees have already accepted retirement buyouts offered by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean to save money and reorganize some departments. The 2,600 people eligible have until Friday to accept the early retirement incentive.
Proposed Bill Carries Echoes of Old Hickory-Era Crisis
If one Tennessee legislator gets his way, federal agents could be arrested for enforcing any potential assault weapons ban. But the concept of a state trying to cancel out federal measures was already tried 180 years ago. And the president who squashed that effort was one of Nashville’s most famous residents.
Medicaid Decision Not Critical to 2014 Budget, Haslam Says
Governor Bill Haslam says he’ll propose a budget for next year without deciding whether to accept hundreds of millions of federal healthcare dollars. The move would not require matching state funds for a few years, so Haslam says he’ll decide later.
Bill Would Block Gun Laws, Allow Arrest of Federal Agents
A state lawmaker has introduced measures to block any new federal gun laws. Rutherford County Republican Joe Carr even went as far as to say any federal officers would be arrested if they tried to enforce such laws.
Bat-Killing Fungus Spreads to Mammoth Cave National Park
A disease that’s wiped out millions of bats in the Northeast has spread to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Federal officials have found white-nose syndrome at the popular tourist spot, about a hundred miles north of Nashville.
Congressmen Voice Support of Second Amendment After Obama Announcement
Most of Tennessee’s Congressional delegation is either balking or staying silent in response to the gun control plan President Obama unveiled today.
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