While Overall Highway Deaths Decline, Teen Boys Remain Stubborn

While highway deaths in Tennessee have declined overall in recent years, the state has struggled to bring down the number of teen boys who die in car accidents.

Congressman Lincoln Davis has avoided commenting on his “no” vote against healthcare reform led by his own party.

The trio of veteran Nashville musicians who make up the band Elle Macho used to have individual label deals. Now they’ve gone independent and joined forces, hoping to rediscover a sense of fun in a city that takes its music very seriously.

Traffic fatalities are down substantially in Tennessee. In part that’s because the frail economy has people driving less, but a state official says that’s not the whole story.

The state is directing another nearly $6 million to a jobs program in Perry County, where unemployment had reached as high as one in four.

Solar power has its place, but not front and center, according to Senator Lamar Alexander.

Tennessee’s Health Department says it will have to stop funding safety-net clinics to deal with the state’s constricting budget.

Two-thousand General Motors employees will lose their jobs this week as the company idles most of its operation in Spring Hill tomorrow. Many of those displaced workers are faced with a choice: try to transfer to Michigan or test the job market here at home. WPLN’s Blake Farmer has this story.

Maury County is facing a spike in unemployment numbers as GM idles most of its operation in Spring Hill this week.

Senator Lamar Alexander has harsh words for the Senate health bill that passed a procedural hurdle over the weekend.