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New Orleans residents got the okay to return to their hurricane battered city tomorrow, but a few who took shelter in Nashville say no thanks.

Ten House members left the state legislature this year, and only two races were settled in last month’s primary. Those two seats were Republican and they’ll stay Republican. The Democrats hold just a 7 seat advantage over the GOP in the house. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and State Capitol Correspondent Joe White discuss whether that long-held majority is in jeopardy.

Gaylord Entertainment’s board of directors voted yesterday to limit an individual investor’s stake in the company to 15%.

An upcoming “sales mission” to Boston by city and business leaders isn’t the field trip it sounds like it could be.

All of the seats in the state House of Representatives were up for re-election this year, and while a few faced primary challengers, most came out on top.

The parent company of Lebanon-based Cracker Barrel announced a 65-million dollar stock buyback today.

Members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation crossed party lines yesterday on a vote to allow the FDA to regulate tobacco. Republicans Zach Wamp and John Duncan voted with most of Tennessee’s Democrats to approve the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. Only one Democrat, Pall Mall’s Lincoln Davis, voted against the measure.

The U.S. House issued a formal apology for slavery yesterday. Memphis Democrat Steve Cohen sponsored the apology and it could help him in his tough primary fight in a majority African American district next week.

Last week, state figures showed unemployment up in every county in Tennessee. In Perry County it soared to nearly 14.8% – the highest in the state. Residents almost couldn’t bear to hear the news.