Data Errors Change Metro’s Failing Schools List

Two Metro Schools were removed from the list of failing schools yesterday and 4 others had their status improved as a result of corrections in the coding of data. According to the No Child Left Behind Act any school deemed not proficient in one or more categories for two years in a row is deemed […]

Despite President Bush’s low approval ratings, U.S. Senate candidate Bob Corker believes a campaign visit by the President this week will rally support among his conservative base and win over some new voters. According to the most recent poll in Tennessee, President Bush’s approval rating of 42% was only two percentage points higher than the […]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee is part of an effort to build the largest healthcare database ever developed. The Blue Health Initiative combines healthcare cost information from Blue Cross plans across the country. The first phase of the database will be available to employers next year. Jeff Grisham manages Tennessee’s contribution to the project. […]

It’s Ray Price season in Nashville. The 80-year-old country music legend is the subject of a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. And on September 29, he performs at the Ryman Auditorium. It’s a good opportunity to get re-acquainted with a Texan who changed Nashville and country music not once, but twice. WPLN’s Craig Havighurst reports.

A Pennsylvania-based company is closing its Nashville distribution center, eliminating all 78 jobs within the next month. Ameri-source-Bergen is a pharmaceutical distributor that takes drugs from manufacturers and delivers them to pharmacies.  Company spokesman Mike Kilpatric says the company is consolidating its distribution facilities. “When AmerisourceBergen was created in 2001 by the merger of Bergen […]

The AccessTN board meets for the first time today.  AccessTN is the high-risk insurance pool created as part of Governor Phil Bredesen’s health care legislation this year. The pool will provide access to health insurance for those who can’t get or can’t afford insurance because of severe medical conditions.  The board—which includes administration officials, one […]

Governor Phil Bredesen is at home resting today, after returning to Tennessee last night.  Bredesen has been at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic for the last two days trying to find the cause of his mysterious illness that has kept him out of the state capitol for nearly two weeks. Spokeswoman Lydia Lenker says Bredesen has recovered, […]

The 5-and-half-mile stretch of Nashville’s downtown riverfront could get a whole lot bigger, according to one of two river redevelopment ideas unveiled to the public last night. Both plans host a range of boating, retail, residential and recreational uses.  The first plan would develop the existing waterfront and create a large city park just north […]

Tennessee’s First Lady, Andrea Conte, held a conference call with reporters this afternoon regarding Governor Phil Bredesen’s health, and says there’s no word yet on what caused his illness last week. Bredesen came down with a high fever and flu-like symptoms and checked into Centennial Medical Center last Monday.  Tests in Nashville proved inconclusive, so […]

Mountain dulcimer pioneer David Schnauffer has died. Schnauffer was one of the great masters of the Appalachian zither’s traditional technique. And building on the work of rock musicians who experimented with the instrument, he revolutionized the way it is played. In 2003, the Texas Native told WPLN’s Andy Scheinman about the moment he became fascinated […]