The eminent domain bill that defines the state’s definition of ‘public use’ in condemning land, is slowly working it’s way through the senate and will be before the full house this week.
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Cover Tennessee Passes Senate Committee
The legislation creating the Cover Tennessee health insurance plan passed out of a senate committee today in a nearly unanimous vote.
Helmet Law May Be Repealed
A bill reversing the state’s motorcycle helmet law goes before the Senate today.
School Guidance Counselors Deal with Troop Deployment
Nearly three-fourths of the 28-thousand soldiers at Fort Campbell are currently deployed to Iraq. That leaves roughly 40-thousand spouses and kids at home to deal with the absence. The base’s schools have stepped in to ease the transition, even when parents and kids don’t know it. WPLN’s Blake Farmer has this report from Fort Campbell. (Pictured at left, Chris Casa Santa, Marshall Elementary guidance counselor talks with students.
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