Two Tennessee federal lawmakers are expecting some disagreement between the House and Senate when it comes to funding the America COMPETES Act. The act would increase math and science education and boost energy research to make America more competitive with the rest of the world. Democratic Representative Bart Gordon and Republican Senator Lamar Alexander have […]
Some Retailers Not Expecting Boost In Sales This Tax Holiday
Tennessee retailers are looking forward to the sales tax holiday this weekend. From Friday August 3rd until Sunday August 5th, school and some art supplies, as well as clothes priced at one hundred dollars or less will be exempt from sales tax. Computers under fifteen hundred dollars will also be tax-free. Some malls have even […]
Road Home Application Deadline Tomorrow
At one time or another, there have been as many as twenty-eight hundred Hurricane Katrina victims living in Middle Tennessee. Those who lived in Louisiana during this hurricane and hurricane Rita have until tomorrow to apply to a program called the Road Home. It provides money for former Louisianans to repair their houses and sell […]
U.S. Embassy Looks Out For Eric Volz
A Nashville native accused of murder in Nicaragua is still awaiting the results of his appeal. Eric Volz, the stepson of Belmont University’s former assistant dean of students, Dane Anthony, was convicted of the murder of a Nicaraguan woman in February. The United States embassy visits him weekly, working to make sure his rights are […]
Governor Confident in State Debt Policies
Governor Phil Bredesen says the state is on track to get the highest bond ratings. This week the governor met with three New York credit-rating agencies Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. None of the agencies changed their 2006 evaluations for the state. Fitch and Standard & Poor’s kept their rating at double-A-plus: one notch […]
Mayor Prepares for 8th First Day Festival
The Mayor’s office gets frequent requests from local businesses that want to join the Mayor’s Honor Roll. This is a list that recognizes local employers who give their workers time off to take their children to the first day of school. In a press conference today Purcell, along with representatives from five businesses on the […]
Tennessee Farmers Search Far for Hay
Poor pasture growth, caused by the late-spring freeze and summer drought, have forced local livestock producers to search farther than usual for hay. Tom Womack is the spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. He says neighboring states that usually supply hay to Tennessee like Kentucky and Alabama are experiencing drought as well, so farmers […]
U.S. Attorney General Speaks at D.A.R.E. Training Conference
The United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says the two main threats to young Americans today are methamphetamines and gangs. Gonzales was the keynote speaker today at the Drug Abuse Resistance Education training conference at the Opryland Hotel. In his speech, Gonzales said the nation’s law enforcement is taking a “two-fold” approach to dealing with […]
TTU Gets One Million Dollars to Fund New Building
Tennessee Technological University got a little more than one million dollars this week for a new campus building from the federal department of agriculture and Caney Fork Electric Coop. The money will help fund the university’s new “STEM Center”- a science, technology, engineering and mathematics center. It will have programs for students from pre-school through […]
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