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Mayor John Cooper is reassuring teachers and support staff that they will get the 3% pay increase promised by his predecessor, despite a budget crunch.
Cooper held a press conference at the Metro Courthouse this morning with school leaders to announce that he will go forward with cost-of-living adjustments scheduled for January. Those were first laid out by then-Mayor David Briley this summer.
State officials say a group of embattled charter schools in Antioch should remain open — at least for now.
Knowledge Academies, which runs two middle schools and a high school, is appealing an order from Metro Nashville Public Schools to shut down by the end of the year. Local officials cite claims of fraud and poor academic performance.
Tennessee’s top lawyer and his counterparts in three other states announced Monday that they’ve negotiated a deal with the opioid industry worth nearly $50 billion, a pact that they hope will change the behavior of opioid makers and distributors.
The head of Spring Hill’s UAW chapter says he’s confident the tentative agreement announced Wednesday morning with General Motors will resolve the monthlong strike.
Tenn. Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the U.S. military needs to remain in Syria to protect Kurds from an onslaught by Turkish forces.
In a call with reporters yesterday, the Republican lawmaker noted that Trump has promised $50 million in humanitarian relief for Kurds. But Blackburn said that’s not enough.
