Listen Tennesseans will soon have the right to sue if their employer fires them for keeping a gun in their car at work. The change comes in the first major gun bill to pass the General Assembly so far this spring. Lawmakers agreed two years ago to lift the criminal penalties for keeping a gun […]
Lawmakers Let Tennesseans Sue If They’re Fired For Gun In Their Car
Dollar General Scolded By U.S. Labor Department For Safety Violations
Discount retailer Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, may have to pay up to $83,000 in fines for repeated safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor found that a Dollar General store in Georgia had blocked and locked exit doors and failed to inspect its fire extinguishers. A statement from the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the […]
Dollar General Scolded By U.S. Labor Department For Safety Violations
Discount retailer Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, may have to pay up to $83,000 in fines for repeated safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor found that a Dollar General store in Georgia had blocked and locked exit doors and failed to inspect its fire extinguishers. A statement from the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the […]
Vanderbilt Leads State In Reported Rapes, But Likely Because Of Campus Vigilance
Listen New Tennessee crime stats reveal Vanderbilt University had far more reported cases of rape and sexual assault in 2014 than any other school in the state. Administrators believe awareness efforts have caused more victims to come forward in recent years.
Months After Re-Election, Tennessee GOP Chairman Chris Devaney To Resign
Listen Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney is stepping down, just three months after he was re-elected. Devaney, who has led the GOP since 2009, is joining the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti, a Chattanooga nonprofit focused on fighting hunger in that country. Devaney says he began to consider a career change after going on a tour […]
Legislators Reject Plan That Put Public Defenders’ Funding At Risk
Listen Tennessee lawmakers have scuttled a bill that public defenders believed would have jeopardized their funding. The move came after Republicans and Democrats alike said they fear tipping the scales of justice too much toward prosecutors. The decision means Tennessee will continue with a 22-year-old law that says for every dollar local governments give to […]
Will Opening Doors On ‘Pre-Meetings’ Affect How Tennessee House Lawmakers Operate?
Listen Last week we learned from news reports that 10 out of 15 standing committees in the Tennessee House of Representatives were holding “pre-meetings” — gatherings behind closed doors before public committee meetings. Shortly after the story broke, House Speaker Beth Harwell called for an immediate end to the secrecy.
Will The Next Mayor Of Music City Win With A Jingle?
Listen A couple of Nashville’s candidates for mayor are trotting out campaign jingles. It’s a throwback device not used by a winning mayoral candidate since at least the 1990s.
How Can Top Teachers Reach More Kids? Nashville Tries Handing Them More Classrooms
Listen There’s a stack of research that suggests all the educational innovation in the world still doesn’t hold a candle to an awesome teacher. And that’s the driving force behind an experiment at three low-performing Nashville schools to broaden the impact and boost the pay of superstar teachers.
Mayor: New Sounds Stadium Still A Good Investment, Even At $10M Over Budget
If Mayor Karl Dean had known years ago the Nashville Sounds’ new ballpark would end up costing $75 million dollars, would he have moved forward with the plan? “Definitely,” Dean says, repeating the word for emphasis. Team officials point to extra environmental cleanup, winter weather and rising construction costs as the culprits for the latest […]
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