A hip and growing neighborhood in a sometimes awkward spot near downtown Nashville is set to get a little more user-friendly. A $20 million highway bridge is set to connect Division Street from the Gulch to 2nd Avenue.
Where Nashville’s 2010 Flood Hit, New Ballpark Could Slow The Next One
When Nashville flooded in 2010, the area near where a baseball stadium is now planned north of downtown was inundated, with shops and apartments underwater. The new ballpark’s design could help deal with potential flooding in the area, by slowing down some of the water as it heads toward the sewer.
Five Years After Epic Sludge Spill, The Aftermath Is Far From Settled
It’s been five years since an epic industrial disaster at a coal plant in East Tennessee. Millions of tons of leftover ash were piled up wet inside a huge earthen wall, and on December 22, 2008, that wall broke. The massive sludge spill at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant blanketed the surrounding countryside and two nearby rivers, and cost a billion dollars to clean up.
Wine In, Cold Medicine Out: The Tennessee House 2014 Shopping List
Top officials in both the state House and Senate expect renewed efforts to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores, instead of strictly liquor stores, and also to require a prescription for pseudoephedrine, a cold drug used to make methamphetamine.
To Target Meth, Tennessee Senate Speaker Warming To Prescription Rules
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey says he’s grown more open to requiring a prescription for cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine. It’s a key ingredient for drug dealers making meth.
4,500 Tennesseans Enrolled For Coverage: Better, But Far Behind Goal
Tennessee’s efforts to sign people up for insurance on healthcare.gov improved somewhat last month. Still, the state, like most others, remains far behind federal goals set before the botched roll-out.
Alexander’s Challenger Wasn’t On Track To Unseat Him, At Least Before Chief Of Staff’s Trouble
It’s not clear how Lamar Alexander’s bid for reelection next year will be affected by revelations his chief of staff is under investigation for child pornography. A Vanderbilt poll taken just before the news broke showed Alexander with a statewide approval rating of 49 percent.
Many Tennesseans Aren’t Even Looking For Jobs, State Economist Says
The percentage of Tennesseans working or trying to find a job is the lowest it’s been in more than a generation. At a meeting of the state funding board, economists’ jobs forecasts were hardly rosy.
$2M Lets Nashville Charter Hire Fast And Enroll Slow At Its New Schools
A charter school operator in Metro is getting $2 million which will help it expand. KIPP Nashville already has a pair of middle schools, and the money will help as as it adds an elementary and a high school over the next few years.
Lots More Guards In Tennessee Schools Since Sandy Hook
Nearly half of Tennessee’s schools have full-time guards. The number has grown dramatically in the year since the heartbreaking massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.
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