Listen The Tennessee Department of Education says it has shipped a million test booklets to schools over the last two weeks after abandoning computer-based exams for the year. And even paper tests have glitches.
Before Primary Day, Let’s Listen To Some Tennesseans Who Already Voted
Listen We like to listen to Tennessee voters when it’s time to go to the polls, so WPLN has been chatting with those casting ballots early in the primary. Reporters collected voices from Hermitage to Springfield and Clarksville to Murfreesboro.
Tennessee Cities Surpass Suburbs In Recent Business Growth
Listen Business growth in Tennessee has moved from the suburbs to the cities in recent months. A quarterly summary of newly-formed companies finds urban areas are surging.
Abortion Opponents Show Caution In Tennessee With Eye Toward The Courts
Listen Tennessee voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2014 giving the state legislature more power to regulate abortion. But so far, state lawmakers haven’t seized much new ground. And in some ways, they’ve begun to be much more cautious about how every word will be interpreted in court.
Alexander Expects Speedy Approval For Obama’s Next Education Secretary
While Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is one of the Republicans trying to slow-walk a new Supreme Court justice following the death of Antonin Scalia, he’s in a hurry to confirm a new education secretary.
How Tennessee Became The State That Pulled The Plug On Computer Testing
Listen One Tennessee lawmaker praised education officials for being decisive and ditching — within just a few hours — computer-based testing for the year. But at a hearing Wednesday, legislators also tried to understand how the switch to online exams went so wrong so quickly.
It’s OK Republican Voters, Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander Is Undecided Too
For Tennessee Republicans who are still undecided in the presidential race, take heart: Sen. Lamar Alexander says he hasn’t decided on a candidate either.
Why Ireland Decided To Help Fund Nashville’s Upstart Irish Festival
Listen Drummers and dancers performed under tents to stay out of the rain at the inaugural St. Patrick’s Day festival in March last year. That event did get a little help from the Irish government, but nothing compared to this year: The country’s tourism and cultural agencies are footing a third of the bill, according […]
This Year’s Gun Debate Hits Close To Home For Tennessee Lawmakers
Listen Top Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly have discouraged lawmakers from spending much more time on gun bills. But many perennial proposals are back, along with a few new ones. And the most immediate change of allowing guns in Legislative Plaza may not involve a bill at all.
TVA Downplays Blowing Past Its Nuclear Reactor Budget Again
Listen The Tennessee Valley Authority is downplaying yet another budget overrun for the completion of a once-mothballed nuclear reactor south of Crossville. Watts Bar Unit 2, which is slated to be the first reactor to come online in the U.S. in two decades, will take an additional $200 million to finish than anticipated.
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