Cooper Backs Tax Receipt Bill

New legislation would require an itemized listing of where-and how much-an individual’s money is being spent.

One year after Tennessee won $500 million in the federal Race to the Top competition, the efforts to win the race itself may be what has the lingering impact.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is getting specific about additional safety measures it might put in place at its nuclear plants following the crisis in Japan. They include more satellite phones for plant operators and less nuclear waste stored onsite.

The Tennessee House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls. The passage came despite a state Attorney General’s opinion that the measure is unconstitutional and would likely be ruled
a “poll tax” by a court.

The state House of Representatives has turned down a resolution honoring Ronald Reagan. Republicans refused to vote on the measure, which honored Reagan’s support of labor unions.

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced an expensive settlement Thursday that solves many of its legal problems related to air pollution in one fell swoop.

The signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – mild traumatic brain injury or TBI – has been hard to diagnose and just as difficult to treat. But determining if and when a soldier can return to battle following a serious concussion has befuddled doctors. So physicians at Fort Campbell have begun observing patients under the stress of combat.

Tennessee consumers won’t be buying wine in the grocery store, at least not this year. A bill to allow that was stopped in the General Assembly Wednesday.

A proposal to require Tennessee voters to present a photo ID at their polling place ran into a speed bump at the state capitol Thursday. Tennessee’s attorney general issued an opinion saying that the Voter ID bill would likely be found unconstitutional.

A Rutherford County judge will allow fourteen more Mufreesboro residents to join a lawsuit that opposes the site of a mosque.