House Passes Bill that Could Lead to Reduced Deployments

The U.S. house passed a bill yesterday that requires the army to study the pros and cons of reducing the length of deployment in a combat zone.

The legislature’s Safety Net Study Committee, is looking to Massachusetts as an example of a health insurance exchange.

The universal carding bill passed the house today, requiring that retailers selling alcohol must card everyone over the age of 21.

General Motors wants to build an infrastructure in Tennessee that would support alternative fuel vehicles.

In an address to Vanderbilt University’s graduating seniors today, First Lady Laura Bush asked students to consider the Gulf Coast region a land of opportunity.

Tennessee Representative Zach Wamp says the Federal Emergency Management Agency should once again stand on its own.

The Bredesen administration announced today it’s not going to pursue the diabetes mall that was part of the Cover Tennessee health plan. Several senators yesterday criticized the location and the price tag.

A bill regulating predatory lending practices for housing loans passed the full Senate today. 

A five year struggle to secure a tax break for songwriters is near an end. A House and Senate conference committee has agreed changes proposed by Nashville Songwriters Association International, N-S-A-I. The organization has been pushing to change the way songwriters are taxed when they sell their music catalogues – a collection of songs they’ve […]

Delegates from the Tennessee Baptist Convention rejected their executive board’s recommendation yesterday that would have officially accepted the TBC’s severed relationship with Belmont University. More than 17-hundred elected “messengers” from churches around the state gathered at Two Rivers Baptist Church to weigh-in on the issue.