Listen The Tennessee Board of Education entered uncharted territory Friday morning, when it voted unanimously to open a pair of charter schools that had been denied by the Nashville school board in August.
State Green-Lights Two Charter Schools Denied By Metro. Now What?
After Confusion, Nashville Now Identifying Public Properties For Community Gardens
Listen Nashville has made a move to legitimize its community vegetable gardens. While it had been unclear whether Metro public land could be used, the city is now pointing gardeners to ideal places to sow their seeds.
Attorney General: No Tax Break For Tennessee Electric Co-Ops
The Tennessee attorney general says the state’s rural electric cooperatives are not entitled to a tax break on new investments. In an opinion finalized Wednesday, the attorney general says cooperatives are neither government agencies nor charities. As a result, the state constitution doesn’t let them get a tax break on their property taxes. The break […]
Feds Grant Operating License To Revived Tennessee Nuclear Reactor
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted its first operating license in nearly 20 years to run a reactor. The Tennessee Valley Authority will soon begin loading radioactive fuel, which is already being stored on site, into a protective vault.
Is Nashville Emerging As The Auto Industry’s Southern Hub?
Listen As the auto industry continues to grow in Tennessee and other southern states, Nashville is emerging as a business hub. The city is playing host to a growing number of industry gatherings. This week it’s the Southern Automotive Conference. Last week, 150 senior leaders of Nissan, Toyota, General Motors and others spent a day in a corner […]
Dispute Over Price Of Prison Meals Draws Scrutiny Of Tennessee’s Inmate Labor Agency
Listen An accounting dispute is threatening Tennessee’s prison labor agency. State auditors say the organization, TRICOR, was misleading about how much money it was getting to prepare meals for inmates.
Across Tennessee, Opponents of State’s Social Studies Unit On Islam Continue Fight
Listen Tennessee schoolchildren were taught the state’s new social studies unit on Islam weeks ago. Nonetheless, an estimated 300 people crammed into the Christian Life First Church in Sparta Tuesday night, for a forum aimed at continuing the fight. Anthony Wright, whose children range in age from 5 to 24, summed up the thinking of […]
State May Overturn KIPP Nashville Charter School Denial
The Tennessee Board of Education may vote Friday to overturn a charter school decision made in Nashville. If the state panel follows a recommendation released by its executive director Tuesday, it will override a local denial for KIPP Academy to open two more schools in Nashville.
All Haslam Will Say About Republican Presidential Field Is That He Likes Governors
Multiple audiences have asked Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam who he supports in the presidential race, and he’s reiterated that he won’t endorse at the moment because he’s chairman of the Republican Governors Association. “I have a little bias toward governors, obviously,” Haslam told leaders in the aluminum industry gathered in Nashville on Tuesday. He does […]
Idea To Restrict Nashville Street Newspaper Vending Gets Rise Out Of ‘Contributor’ Staff
Updated at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday: A proposal to restrict sales of street newspapers took its first step forward Tuesday night, although many members of the Metro Council wanted to quickly kill the measure. Vice Mayor David Briley, who oversees the council, cut off debate before it could begin. He reminded the room that the first reading […]
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