Listen Tennessee has one of the highest rates in the nation of hepatitis C, an infectious disease that predominantly affects the liver and is killing far more Americans than any other. A new interactive map shows that 2.5% of all Tennesseans had or currently have HCV, as it’s known, which is twice the national average.
Hepatitis C Rates Are High In Tennessee, As Are The Costs Of ‘Game-Changing’ Cure
Capitol Hill Conversation: What Budget Sniping Says About The Political Mood In Tennessee
Listen Tennessee lawmakers are trying to finish up their business for the year, but the close vote over hiking the gas tax a few weeks ago seems to be getting in the way. Democrats and some rank-and-file Republicans felt steamrolled and forced to approve the governor’s infrastructure spending plan. So last week they took pot […]
Rep. Jim Cooper Wants Senate To Start Over With Health Care Bill
Nashville’s Democratic Congressman berated the health care bill that passed in the U.S. House Thursday. Jim Cooper called the bill “a box of old Republican bandaids” at a press conference at the Nashville Library Friday morning. He accused his conservative colleagues of fast-tracking a plan that’s destructive to those with pre-existing conditions.
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Urging ‘Natural Meaning’ Of Marital Legal Terms
Tennessee’s governor has signed a bill that is seen as a way to chip away at gay marriage rights in the state. The legislation orders courts to use the “natural and ordinary” definitions of legal terms like husband, wife, father and mother. Governor Bill Haslam says he didn’t see a problem with the bill because, he […]
Garrison Keillor: Prairie Home Companion Wouldn’t Exist Without The Ryman
Listen Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is the backdrop for a story Garrison Keillor tells pretty frequently. In 1974, the New Yorker magazine dispatched him to document the Grand Ole Opry. The show was moving out of the decaying “Mother Church of Country Music” and into new digs near Opryland. The experience changed his life. Within months, he […]
Ending A Republican Insurrection, Tennessee House Approves $37B State Budget
Update 5/5/17 at 3pm: Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives have set aside their differences and approved the state’s $37 billion budget. That comes just a day after bickering over the budget exposed a wide gulf between House Republican leaders and their rank-and-file colleagues. They joined with Democrats to cause more than $300 million […]
How Tennessee Congressmen Voted On Obamacare Repeal
Tennessee’s Republican congressmen all supported the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, which passed the U.S. House Thursday.
Nashville Ferris Wheel Proposal Met With Skepticism From City Officials
Listen Nashville is being forced to decide: Does a giant Ferris wheel belong on one of the most prominent spots downtown? The proposal to build a wheel caught many people by surprise in recent weeks and now officials are wrestling with what to do.
After A Final Round Of Heated Debate, Tennessee Lawmakers Approve 20-Week Abortion Restrictions
Listen The 20-week abortion measure is on its way to Gov. Bill Haslam’s desk, as weeks of back and forth in the Tennessee legislature came to a head Wednesday on the floor of the state House of Representatives with a final round of heated debate. The measure requires women to undergo additional testing if their […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Push To Topple Gun Bans, But Critics Say It’s An NRA Giveaway
Listen The Tennessee House has approved a measure that would make it easier — and possibly lucrative — for groups like the National Rifle Association to sue local governments over gun bans. Supporters hope the proposal will have the effect of toppling some of the few remaining gun-free zones, such as transit stations.
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