An out-of-state charter operator at odds with the Metro school board is hoping it can soon win approval to expand into Nashville. Tonight the board swears in several newly elected members, who might sign off on Great Hearts Academies after a summer of legal maneuvering.
A Warm Welcome For Goodlettsville All-Stars
Goodlettsville’s little-league all-stars came home to a heroes’ welcome Monday after making it to a World Series final. Though the team ultimately lost to Japan in the last game, the mood at the team’s ‘welcome home’ ceremony was jubilant.
Legacy Radioactives In River Complicate TVA Ash Cleanup
Cleanup of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s huge sludge-spill at its power plant near Knoxville has reached a kind of fork in the road. Nearly four years ago, millions of tons of coal ash from a manmade lake spilled into nearby rivers. What remains for TVA to clean up is mixed with radioactive material – which […]
Legacy Radioactives In River Complicate TVA Ash Cleanup
Cleanup of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s huge sludge-spill at its power plant near Knoxville has reached a kind of fork in the road. Nearly four years ago, millions of tons of coal ash from a manmade lake spilled into nearby rivers. What remains for TVA to clean up is mixed with radioactive material – which some say is best left alone.
Outsourcing Custodians Paid Off For MNPS, Audit Says
An external audit says Nashville’s Public Schools saved millions of dollars last year by outsourcing custodians and groundskeepers. The decision came two years ago, as part of a budget push to protect teachers from job cuts.
TVA Ash Spill Lawsuits Get Go-Ahead From Judge
A federal judge says the Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for a massive environmental disaster at its coal power plant in Kingston. Almost four years ago, millions of tons of ash sludge spilled from a broken dam into the surrounding rivers and countryside. Now claims against TVA from affected property owners can move ahead in […]
Lawmakers Clear TSU of Grade-Fixing Allegation
State lawmakers have cleared Tennessee State University of accusations of academic fraud. The panel reviewing the case says the problem at TSU was not grade-fixing, but a failure of communication.
East Nashville Interstate Closure Wraps Up This Weekend
A construction project that has hampered downtown interstate traffic most weekends this summer is drawing to a close. This weekend workers will wrap up the bridge overhaul on I-24, east of LP Field.
Little-Leaguers’ World-Series Run Boosting Goodlettsville
A little-league baseball team from Goodlettsville is within just three wins of clinching a World Series title. It’s drawing all kinds of attention and praise to Goodlettsville, says longtime mayor and city manager David Wilson.
Amid 287(g) Stir, Committee Revises Proposal On Sheriff
Last night a group of Metro council members voted to delete a controversial part of a proposed list of Nashville’s sheriff’s duties. They’re dropping the word “interrogation,” amid claims it would cement the sheriff’s role in deporting undocumented immigrants.
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