State Will Involve Local Districts, Tout Data System in Race to the Top Application

For Tennessee to win a role in the federal government’s massive Race to the Top program, officials will have to present brand new ideas for changing education. They’ll also have to show that local school districts are willing to act as laboratories for those ideas.

The state’s health care plan for small businesses is near capacity. But the number of people covered by CoverTN is far below what officials once hoped for.

With the stroke of a gavel, the State Building Commission cemented new boundaries for a tourist development zone near downtown Nashville Thursday.

Architects and contractors planning for a new downtown convention center have trimmed $50 million out of the project, lowering the total price tag to $585 million.

The board of Metro Parks meets Friday to approve budget reductions after the department racked up a nearly 1.8-million dollar deficit.

19-year-old Taylor Swift made history Thursday night at the Country Music Association awards show.

Acre for acre, organic farms are eligible for more state assistance than their conventional peers. WPLN’s Nina Cardona has the story.

A tech start-up in Brentwood has a cheap fix for 3D vision in industrial robots that may ultimately help robots learn to adapt to their surroundings.

Students at Edison Elementary School in Antioch will begin getting H1N1 flu vaccines on-site Thursday.

New figures are out regarding treatment for the uninsured in Nashville. Vanderbilt Medical Center remains the primary caregiver, writing off some $228 million in unpaid medical bills last year.