Biker Finishes Second in Commuter Race

The automobile remains the fastest way to get around Nashville, as demonstrated by a commuter race from Donelson to downtown this morning. A driver finished in 17 minutes, followed by a bicyclist who beat out the train passenger and bus rider.

A bill that puts diplomas from church-based schools and home schools on equal footing with those from state-accredited high schools passed the House Education committee yesterday after heated debate.

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to back off from a Congressional mandate.

Governor Phil Bredesen will present the legislature with a revised budget next week containing program cuts and layoffs totaling 500-million dollars.

The State’s new Energy Task force met for the first time today, charged with developing ways the state can conserve electricity and ways to expand Tennessee’s role in the energy market.

A deadline for GM factory workers in Spring Hill to take or leave a company-wide buyout offer has been extended to May 22.

Business owners along Nashville’s Gallatin Pike have pushed for several amendments to the Gallatin Pike Improvement District, which the Metro Council will be taking up at tomorrow night’s public hearing.

Davidson County Sherriff Darron Hall faced a series of questions from Metro Council members last week, about the department’s deportation program for illegal immigrants.

The high price of oil has led producers in Tennessee to seek out once-abandoned wells and get them pumping again.

Potential renters, homebuyers and home sellers have a new avenue to find and list available housing. Earlier this month, the Tennessee Housing Development Agency created a free website for property listings.