Clement For Mayor?

Former Congressmen Bob Clement is tossing around the idea of a run for mayor, but is still in the exploratory stage. He says transportation and especially education will be at the forefront of his campaign if he runs. Clement says there are many talented people working in Metro Schools, but says the schools need an […]

Dell Incorporated announced today that it will add as many as one-thousand jobs in Tennessee and expand customer service operations. Dell CEO Kevin Rollins says most of the new jobs are in sales and technical support. “They’re higher level than we first started out with. They’re not as entry level, although there will be some […]

As of today, all kids in Tennessee under the age of 5 are eligible for free books from the Imagination Library. Sumner county, just north of Nashville, was the last of Tennessee’s 95 counties to sign onto the program, which country singer Dolly Parton started in 1996. Parton was not on hand today but Governor […]

A gym at Tennessee State University became a “matchmaking room” for Tennessee businesses today. Around 120 small, minority and women-owned businesses attended the event, which was sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. Participants provided company and product information in an online profile. Organizers then scheduled 15 minute appointments for the small […]

The state department of Economic and Community Development is hosting a seminar tomorrow, hoping to match small, minority and women owned businesses with government and private sector contracts. Tomorrow’s event will be the first the department is holding in Nashville. Michelle Proctor is in charge of the so-called ‘match-making’ events, and says many small and […]

Citizens are having their say about what sort of site and design are needed for a new Nashville Convention Center. Earlier this year, a study group commissioned by Mayor Bill Purcell reported their opinion that the city needs a new, state-of-the-art facility big enough to compete for all but the largest conventions. The group estimates […]

Metro is seeking input about the three new nature centers scheduled to open May of next year. The centers will be built in Shelby Bottoms, Beaman, and Bells Bend parks as a part of Mayor Bill Purcell’s Master Plan for Parks and Greenways. Seventy-four-year-old Bill Coble has lived in Tennessee all his life and hopes […]

The 104th session of the General Assembly finished up its work this weekend, having passed major pieces of legislation, namely Cover Tennessee and the state’s 26-billion dollar budget in the final days. Both democrats and republicans are already focused running re-election campaigns for this year. House Minority Leader Bill Dunn said returning money to taxpayers […]

The end of session marathon at the state capitol that ended Saturday saw the defeat of many bills at the last minute, including a proposal to raise the minimum wage by one dollar. With November’s elections on the minds of lawmakers, partisan wrangling on the floor of the house nearly defeated the proposal, and the […]

For a decade, the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission has been requiring bartenders, waiters and waitresses to take a five-hour training class before they can legally serve alcohol in the state. Now the agency is handing out fines and keeping tabs on restaurant and bar workers, in order to crack down on over serving and underage drinking. Bartenders and servers, who make their money selling alcohol, find themselves in a tough spot. WPLN’s Jeremy Rush reports.