Stingy Banks Come Around to Quirky Home Staging

Financial institutions around the country with vacant foreclosed homes are turning to a Nashville-based company that uses human props to sell a home.

Eleven years ago the Tennessee Supreme Court found that the state constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion. But Monday the state Senate approved a measure to allow voters to overturn that decision.

Governor Bill Haslam is now offering a $50 thousand reward for information to help find and convict the kidnapper of a West Tennessee woman. 20-year-old Holly Bobo, a blond-haired nursing student, is believed to have been kidnapped last week.

Nearly three dozen Tennesseans are accused of conspiring to traffic painkillers and other prescription drugs like Xanex.

This week the Nasdaq stock exchange has begun allowing investors to bet on a company’s performance relative to the broader stock market. The financial instrument was created from research by two Vanderbilt professors.

Franklin’s Community Health Systems has made another offer for Dallas-based hospital operator Tenet Healthcare.

The Ashland City Mayor is being singled out for leadership following last May’s flooding. Gary Norwood will receive the Phoenix Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration, which makes low-interest loans to pay for repairs after disasters.

The Tennessee General Assembly is looking for some way to pay for legislation passed last week that requires voters to have a picture ID. The problem is, at least 25,000 Tennesseans don’t have one. And to make them to pay for a drivers license could be considered an unconstitutional “poll tax,” according to the Attorney General.

With a vote on this year’s budget behind them, the attention of lawmakers turns to next year’s spending plan and ultimately a vote on the country’s debt ceiling.

The Nashville Music Council handed out a new award over the weekend meant to honor a Middle Tennessee resident in the music industry who demonstrates the area’s “creative climate” and “musical diversity.”