Archives for May 2006

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.

Portion’s of Governor Phil Bredesen’s health care initiative ran into several snags today in the Senate Finance Committee. In a two-and-a-half hour debate, disputes over the section establishing a comprehensive diabetes care center resulted in that part being removed.

The federal government picked representatives from Tennessee as one of only nine states to sit on a panel that will collect the best ideas from around the nation about electronic medical records.

Governor Phil Bredesen outlined his budget priorities today for the anticipated 170-million dollar surplus for next year.

US Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao, told an audience of several hundred women yesterday, that women make up more of the workforce than ever before.

In a new survey, the federal department of Health and Human Services found Tennessee is one of 15-states in the country to have improved its foster care system in the last few years.

The state government is stepping in to help counties pay to fix damage caused by last month’s tornadoes.

Nearly 25-percent of Tennesseeans who are eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage still haven’t enrolled despite next week’s May 15th deadline.