ACLU and The Contributor Sue City of Brentwood

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Brentwood over sales of the homeless newspaper, The Contributor. Earlier this year, the city fined eight of the Contributor’s vendors for selling the paper on city sidewalks.

A Seattle-based company is relocating its headquarters to Cool Springs.

The American Civil Liberties Union is planning a legal challenge to a new law that takes effect Friday making it a crime in Tennessee to post any image online that causes “emotional distress” to any individual.

The state will provide three-quarters of a million dollars in seed money for business incubators around Tennessee. The eventual goal of the project is to help would-be innovators find investors and launch new businesses.

A Clarksville man has been sentenced to just under ten years in prison for his role in a 3 million dollar investment scam.

A three judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals may hold the fate of Nashville’s Fisk University. The cash-strapped school made what could be a final plea Tuesday as it tries to get $30 million for a donated art collection.

Last week, a women’s college in South Carolina announced a new draw for students: they can earn a degree in nursing…from Vanderbilt. It’s just the latest in a series of partnerships Vandy has formed with colleges and universities as far away as Illinois.

Tennessee has a relatively small but growing green jobs sector according to new reports from the state Labor Department and Middle Tennessee State University.

A survey of registered voters in Tennessee and North Carolina gives some insight into what makes Tea Party supporters different from most Republicans. The conclusion is – not much.

Nashville author Ann Patchett set out to write a book about women. What she ended up with is a journey deep into the Amazon jungle.