Revenue Growth May Not Stave Off State Layoffs Next Year

Governor Bill Haslam says growing expenses may force Tennessee to cut some state jobs in the coming year. In budget hearings with Haslam this week some department heads said they might have to lay off state workers.

For the next couple of days, officials from Metro Public Health are knocking on more than 200 doors.  They’re asking residents how they prepare for natural disasters and other emergencies.

The first counter-protest to the Occupy Nashville movement began Thursday night with a few dueling chants, but ended in the two sides striking up respectful, one-on-one conversations about the politics of the economy.

Listen Now:   There’s a cardinal rule for corporations under criminal investigation – say nothing, at least publicly. But Nashville-based Gibson Guitar took off the mute button this year in a big way. It’s been publicizing its plight under an environmental law known as the Lacey Act. The PR campaign has gotten members of Congress […]

An electrician working on a new TVA nuclear reactor at Watts Bar in Spring City has been given probation and 100 hours of community service for falsifying records.

One of Nashville’s most prolific developers has plans to build three new skyscrapers downtown.

The brother and father of Governor Bill Haslam will both be part of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s team in Tennessee.

With threat of arrest now gone, Occupy Nashville demonstrators are grappling with how they appear to the outside world.

After receiving mountains of mail from teachers, state lawmakers got the messages in person Wednesday. During a hearing about a new evaluation system, educators forecast a mass exodus from the profession if changes aren’t made.

Several thousand people turned out to apply for work with Nissan at a job fair in Murfreesboro today. That’s far more than the 1,100 full-time jobs the carmaker has open at its Smyrna plant, both in warehouses and on production lines.