Senate OKs Automatic High School Teaching Ticket for College Instructors

The State Senate Monday night passed a bill that would allow any college instructor to receive a license to teach his subject in high schools with no additional educational training.

Governor Bill Haslam says he’s going to ask that the sales tax on food be cut by slightly more than he proposed earlier this year. The administration has discovered many cash registers can only be set in quarter-percent increments.

The Tennessee State Employees Association has agreed to support Governor Bill Haslam’s overhaul to civil service rules. TSEA came to an agreement with the administration over the weekend.

Pinnacle operates regional carriers like Delta Connection and United Express.

This week state lawmakers will get down to the business of passing a budget. Governor Bill Haslam says he’ll unveil his final update Monday, adding back at least some funds that were cut from the original $30 billion spending plan.

An invasive fungus that kills hibernating bats is taking its toll more slowly than expected in Tennessee. That may be thanks in part to the relatively mild winter. WPLN’s Daniel Potter reports on the fungus that gives bats white-nose syndrome.

Reseachers are moving forward with a plan to build an artificial bat-cave near Clarksville this spring. The experimental project hopes to save hibernating bats from an invasive fungus that has killed millions in New England over the last few years.

There’s only one thing lawmakers have to do: that’s pass a budget for the next fiscal year.

School boards who want to use teleconferencing to let absent members participate in meetings could do so under a bill passed in the state House Thursday.