Nashville Featured in “Weight of the Nation”

Nashvillians will get a sneak peek tonight at a new HBO documentary that highlights Mayor Karl Dean’s efforts to encourage healthy living.

A Whistleblower lawsuit over bait-and-switch advertisements has ended in an 18-million dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of Tennessee.

Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper says despite international outcry over North Korea’s military buildup, the U.S. is not keen on confrontation. A botched North Korean satellite launch has helped stoke fears the isolated country is preparing for another nuclear test.

A proposal much like the Tennessee’s current system got one vote more than a measure that would put a federal-type, appoint-and-confirm system in place.

Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno says he’s talked with soldiers preparing to deploy to Afghanistan about trusting their Afghan partners. Odierno was visiting Fort Campbell, where about four hundred soldiers are preparing to return to Afghanistan.

The Army Chief of Staff says looming budget cuts for the military will not shrink Fort Campbell by much. Right now the post on the Tennessee-Kentucky border has close to 30 thousand soldiers.

A small but prominently located city park opens Sunday near LP Field. City officials see the $9 million attraction as a perk for the locals.

One of the biggest changes: seniority on the job will no longer be insulation against being laid off.
Bill sponsor Jack Johnson, a Williamson County Republican, explains the new system.

The House raised the exemption for those inheriting more than a million dollars – and promised the so-called ‘death tax’ would be phased out over four years. 

Cut to the tax are rare, but the measure passed unanimously.