Archives for June 2008

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker has signed onto a bill he hopes will drive down the cost of fuel.

The measure would open up two kinds of domestic oil fields that are currently closed: oil shale deposits in Western states, and deep sea drilling sites.

Chancellor Charles Manning told the Tennessee Board of Regents today that he will retire as the head of the university system a year from now.

Representatives of the Alvin C. York Foundation and the state architect’s office are planning a joint inspection of the original York Institute building in Jamestown to see if it can be saved.

A Rutherford County family filed suit yesterday to try and get the Bible Park back.

Several Tennesseans spoke today about the struggles with high medical bills for the uninsured and insured, at a rally sponsored by the Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports Magazine.

Two Republicans in the state Senate and two Democrats in the state House took the top spots in a conservation scorecard released today.

When Nashville’s Adventure Science Center opens its newly-rebuilt Sudekum Planetarium Saturday it will unveil the GOTO Chiron optical star projector that is only one of four in the world. The other three are in Japan, where they’re manufactured.

On the campus of Nashville’s Fisk University tomorrow, school officials will celebrate the largest fundraising year ever recorded – 8.3-million dollars in the last 12 months.

The State Building Commission appears unable to give away the historic school built by World War I hero, Sgt. Alvin C. York.