Bailout could crimp funds for Pre-K

Governor Phil Bredesen visited Washington today to tout the benefits of pre-K education, even as Congress weighed a 700 billion dollar bailout plan for Wall Street.

Have a message for the next president of the United States? Sheryl Oring might be the woman to see.

Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper says his fellow Blue Dogs who supported the House’s version of the Wall Street bailout will likely stick with the Senate version.

A self-imposed deadline has passed for Nashville Mayor Karl Dean to raise 2-million dollars to bring a pair of teacher recruiting programs to Metro Schools.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the state’s smoking ban in most public places, including restaurants.

Nashville Electric Service will begin rounding bills up to the next dollar starting in January to raise money for local charities.

Tennessee bankers are on the edge of their seats watching the debate in Washington. They say the risk of not passing a meaningful bailout plan is more about a financial crisis that could come than one that’s already here.

Families impacted by TennCare cuts to home services testified before an oversight committee today, asking for special consideration.

The state’s low-cost insurance program is expanding its benefits. Starting in January, CoverTN will double the number of visits to a primary care. In addition, the medications and supplies used to manage diabetes will be covered with no limits and a lower copay.

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center is seeing more breast cancer patients electing to remove both breasts, even when the diagnosis is isolated to just one.