Groups pushing for a paper-based voting system in Tennessee gathered at the state capitol yesterday, asking lawmakers for the go-ahead to invest in machines that give a physical receipt for a person’s vote.
Groups Ask For Paper-Based Voting System By November
AT&T Bill Finally Unveiled
Lawmakers and representatives of AT& T and cable companies emerged from closed door meetings yesterday with a bill that will give the phone company a statewide license to enter the cable market.
Funding Board Warned Of Slowdown In Business Tax Revenue
The state’s economist says business taxes may come in low in the current year. Dr. Bill Fox, of the University of Tennessee, told the State Funding Board yesterday that the situation will make it difficult to expand any state program in the coming fiscal year.
Capitol Hill Conversations – Immigration Bills Stall
The state’s money troubles are affecting lawmaker’s attempts to pass significant immigration reform.
Drought Conditions Slowly Improving
The new US Drought Map issued today shows slight improvement in Middle Tennessee.
Tennessee’s 8th Grade Writing Scores Are Up
The writing scores of Tennessee students are improving across the board.
Medical Malpractice Bill Finally Passes In State House
After years of trying to get limits placed on medical malpractice lawsuits, the Tennessee Medical Association finally saw such a bill pass in the state House of Representatives today. But it doesn’t go as far as the medical association had wanted.
Tax Reform Group Wants Corporate Loophole Closed, Cut In Sales Tax On Food
A tax reform group is making a last-minute push to get a corporate tax loophole closed. The group wants to use the resulting revenue to lower the state sales tax on food by one percent.
Sponsor of Bill to Remove Handgun Permits As Open Records Still Hopeful
A proposed state law backed by the National Rifle Association would make information on a handgun carry permit confidential. But the bill failed in the House committee this week and was deferred in the Senate today. Still Senate sponsor Mark Norris says he hasn’t given up on getting the measure passed.
Aaron Douglas: Out Of The Shadows
In the midst of New York’s Harlem Renaissance, Fisk University invited a young African American artist to paint a mural for the library. Aaron Douglas squeezed trips to Nashville in between other big commissions in New York and Chicago. Because his best works were painted on walls, the starmaking machinery of galleries and museums ultimately bypassed him. Now a major traveling exhibition at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts promises Douglas some welcome visibility. WPLN’s Susan Knowles reports.
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