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Former Republican speaker of the House Kent Williams says the tenure and collective bargaining bills should be defeated.

Democrats want to ratchet down the rhetoric over tenure and collective bargaining rights. They characterized the debate as an “attack on teachers and children.”

Government regulation is standing in the way of job growth—that was Governor Bill Haslam’s popular message to small business owners Tuesday.

The winners of the District Council Run-Offs are as follows: District 1 Lonnell Matthews, Jr. defeats Ken Jakes District 8 Karen Bennett defeats Randy Reed District 11 Darren Jernigan defeats Rick McClintock District 16 Anna Page defeats Tony Tenpenny District 17 Sandra Moore defeats Frank Stevenson District 21 Edith Taylor Langster defeats Harold M. Love […]

Today the Metro Park Board unanimously approved a 40 year lease which allows Belmont University to build an athletic complex in Rose Park. The lease has been under constant criticism from the Organized Neighbors of Edgehill, whose attempts to preserve the park were fundamentally ended by the vote. Two weeks ago, in the last meeting […]

Giancarlo Guerrero hopes to expand the audience of the Nashville Symphony. After a two year search, Guerrero will be the Symphony’s next Music Director. Guerrero follows the late Kenneth Schermerhorn, who served as Music Director for 22 years. In fact, it was only a week after Schermerhorn’s passing in April of 2005 that Guerrero first […]

The state legislator is looking for ways to improve public access to government records. A congressional subcommittee met (today/yesterday) to evaluate the laws controlling open records. By state law every record produced by the government is public. That is, every record apart from over 230 exceptions listed separately in state law. Frank Gibson, executive director […]

Mayoral Candidate Bob Clement is calling for more law enforcement in the Hickory Hollow area. In response to what he calls, a “lack of police protection” for south Nashville, Clement says he intends to strengthen police presence there. Clement says that only one patrol car is assigned to the zone which covers the Hickory Hollow […]

A group of mosquitoes in Davidson County have tested positive for the West Nile virus. The Metro Health Department confirmed today that the incident is the first reported case this year. Mosquitoes carrying the virus lay eggs in stagnant water. Although the recent mid-State drought has lowered the threat of large nests, Joe Conlon of […]

Governor Phil Bredesen says the state will release funds to agencies that are helping low-income residents cool their homes through the heat wave. There have been 14 heat-related deaths in Tennessee this August. Governor Bredesen says already 19 agencies—both public and not-for-profit—have run out of funds to help people battle the heat. “In several communities, […]