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State legislators return to the capitol tomorrow, and with a projected $150 – 200 million shortfall this year, the budget will likely be the biggest issue. Governor Phil Bredesen held budget hearings last month with every state department, noting that “across-the-board” cuts weren’t planned, but that it would be a tight budget year. Senate Speaker […]

Voters wanting to cast a ballot in Tennessee’s February 5th presidential primary need to have their registration in by Monday.

All eyes will be on Iowa tomorrow/today as voters there cast a ballot in the first primary race for the Presidential election in November.

Starting today, overdue fines at Metro libraries can be forgiven with cans or boxes of food. Nashville Public Library is waiving one dollar in library fines for every can or package of food donated to Second Harvest Food Bank. Library spokeswoman Deana Larson says the fine forgiveness program, which started last year, helped feed Nashville’s […]

When refugees immigrate to Tennessee, most of the time they settle in Davidson County. This year, nearly half of the 230 refugees who’ve immigrated to Tennessee live in Metro Nashville. The city is already well-known as home to one of the largest Kurdish populations in the country, but city officials estimate that as many as […]

Metro teachers will soon have a new way to supplement their lessons plans. The school district recently partnered with HealthTeacher.com, a subscription-based online teaching tool that contains lesson plans on 300 topics ranging from how to deal with school violence to the dangers of smoking. Dr. Tina Bozeman is Metro’s Wellness Coordinator. Bozeman used the […]

A recent College Board audit shows a 13-percent decrease in the number of Advanced Placement classes in high schools worldwide, but Tennessee education officials say they’ve seen the opposite trend here. In fact, since the 2002 school year, the number of AP classes offered in the state has grown by nearly 35-percent. Students in the […]

For many Middle Tennessee families, this holiday season will be celebrated without a family member because tens of thousands of soldiers are deployed in Iraq. In Nashville, one government agency did what many others do – send gift boxes to troops, but this year it’s more personal. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows reports. The conference room at […]

The legislative panel considering changes to Tennessee’s open government laws finished its work today, voting to send a list of recommended changes to legislators when they reconvene in January. Changes to the open meetings law brought about the most discussion. Yesterday, Goodlettsville democrat Joe Haynes successfully fought for a provision that allows only three people […]