Education, Health Care Remain Governor’s Priorities

Education and health care remain the top priorities for Governor Phil Bredesen as he runs for re-election. On a four-day trip to communities throughout the state last week, Bredesen touted improvements he’s made in education that include higher teacher’s salaries and a pre-kindergarten program for at-risk children. If re-elected, Bredesen says he’d like to revisit […]

Governor Phil Bredesen’s 4-day campaign kick-off tour stopped in Gallatin today. The large crowd of supporters wore campaign stickers, waved signs and ate barbeque while ‘Rocky Top’ blared from the speakers. Laine Williams lives in Gallatin and works for the Tennessee Education Association. She supports Bredesen and says she’d like to see more done with […]

Belmont University nursing students have held class in nearly every nook and cranny on campus. They even met in Sunday-school rooms at Belmont Heights Baptist Church. But as of today the School of Health Sciences and Nursing now calls the Gordon Inman Center home. The facilities were funded partly by HCA’s TriStar Health System that […]

For the last four seasons, the Nashville Sounds baseball team has made “Faith Nights” a standard promotion. The team offers church groups discounted tickets, a Christian concert, and religious-themed freebies at the gate.

Last year the promotion took off in 10 other minor league parks around the county, and as WPLN’s Blake Farmer reports, this season “Faith Nights” are getting called up to the majors.

Rescuers donned air masks and protective suits as they led victims from a mock 747 plane crash at the Nashville International Airport yesterday. Although the Metro Nashville Airport Authority reviews emergency procedures every year, the FAA mandates a full scale drill every 3 years.

The ancient Egyptians created huge pyramids, countless statues and priceless pieces of art to ensure they would not be forgotten. Today, King Tut, Amenhotep, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra are familiar names thousands of years after they walked the earth. But a less familiar, though equally important pharaoh has center stage at the new Egpytian exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

Changes to Tennessee’s workers’ compensation law were challenged in the state supreme court yesterday. In 2004, state lawmakers revamped the worker’s comp system to keep and attract businesses. Now, all claims go through mediation, the maximum amount some injured workers can receive is lower, and the American Medical Association guidelines are interpreted differently. AMA guidelines […]

The American Civil Liberties Union and Tennessee’s attorney general made their arguments before the state supreme court today/yesterday, in the case to stop the gay marriage amendment from reaching voters this fall. The ACLU’s suit doesn’t question the merits of the proposed amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Constitutional amendments […]

The Saudi Arabian ambassador told an audience of business leaders in Nashville today/yesterday, that there are many opportunities for investment in his country, especially for health care companies. Prince Turki Al-Faisal assumed his post as the Saudi ambassador to the US last fall, and has been visiting US cities to get to know the country […]

Metro 911 dispatchers say they are scared to return to a building with a history of alleged chemical leaks. Late last month, a total of 15 workers went to the hospital after smelling fumes. Dispatchers say doctors found 14 cases of toxin exposure and one case of chemical burns in the eyes. After the incident, […]