State Report Looks at Race to the Top Spending

A new study from the state comptroller’s office looks at how Tennessee schools are spending the state’s Race to the Top funds.

Gibson Guitar is getting some support from elected officials after federal authorities raided its plants in Nashville and Memphis last month. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agents seized what is thought to be illegally imported rosewood.

New rules restricting the use of red light cameras have resulted in a sharp drop in citations. Drivers caught turning right on red without coming to a complete stop can no longer get one of the automated tickets in the mail.

Almost 30 percent of Middle Tennessee children don’t have regular access to healthy food. According to a new study from the group Feeding America, the region ranks near the bottom nationally for what’s known as food insecurity. It’s defined as someone who doesn’t have access to healthy meals on regular basis, because of a lack […]

Government incentives that helped fuel a sort of solar power boom in Tennessee are being pulled back. TVA says the cost has become unsustainable.

This week’s rain is great news for farmers in Tennessee, who hadn’t seen much rainfall at all in August.

Nominations for the Country Music Association Awards were announced Tuesday morning on Good Morning America. The top prize includes perennial favorites. But there are new names in 10 of the 12 categories.

When terrorists attacked the United States ten years ago, watching from a distance, it seemed both hard to believe and sickeningly real. As part of our coverage on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, WPLN has been collecting memories around Middle Tennessee.

Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper doubts the so-called “supercommittee” in Congress will find much to agree on in the way of budget cuts this fall. Cooper figures that means across-the-board federal cuts are looming.

Tennessee Representatives are split about a piece of last year’s federal healthcare overhaul — the Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB.