Idle GM Plant Forces Workers to Regroup

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.

Former Tennessee Senator Bill Frist says Congress will pass a healthcare overhaul bill by Christmas. But he says it will push costs onto the states that will crimp funds for education.

Tennessee has now received a million doses of the H1N1 vaccine since it began inoculating the public against the virus in October.

Nashville’s city council is considering a bill to ensure money for public art is distributed faster and more broadly around Davidson County. But the Metro Arts Commission says it’s already working to do as much, and the bill would actually slow it down.

A critical care researcher at Vanderbilt has put out an open call for funding. While researchers are always looking for grants, the open call is an unusual move. He believes cholesterol lowering drugs could save the lives of people who become critically ill with the H1N1 flu.

A chancery court judge overturned the so-called “guns in bars” law today. That means handgun carry permit holders can’t take their weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol.

State higher education officials says they’ll try to keep tuition increases to around 5% in the wake of requested budget cuts.

Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon’s bill to ban imported nuclear waste gained approval from a House Committee today.