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President Bush attempted to divert attention away from the Iraq War in Nashville today, where he held a town hall meeting on the federal budget. But the conversation inevitably turned to Iraq. After 20 minutes of speaking about the federal budget, cutting taxes, and healthcare priorities, the President took random questions from the audience for […]

Metro Police officials say a year-old program to reduce the number of runaways is working. In Nashville, statistics show that once a kid runs away, there’s 33-percent chance they’ll do it again. Now, instead of just closing the case after a runaway returns home, someone from a team of four counselors and two police officers […]

Early voting for the August 2nd election starts today and despite this year’s crowded metro ballot, Davidson County Election Commissioner Ray Barrett isn’t expecting a big voter turnout. This year, there are 7 candidates for Mayor, 3 candidates for Vice-Mayor and the entire council is up for re-election. The deadline to register to vote in […]

Teachers unions across the country, including the one from Nashville, say major changes to the No Child Left Behind Act are among its top priorities this year. The National Education Association is meeting for its annual Representative Assembly in Philadelphia this week. The major education initiative launched five years ago by President Bush is up […]

Nine private universities in Middle Tennessee are stepping up efforts to be more environmentally friendly. Aquinas, Belmont, Cumberland, Fisk, Free Will Baptist, Lipscomb, Sewanee, Trevecca Nazarene and Vanderbilt are among 30 private colleges across Tennessee that have partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency for what’s called “peer auditing.” Beginning this fall, a team of four […]

The Division Commander at Fort Cambell says supporting troops is important, regardless of politics. Major General Jeffrey Schloesser says keeping the politics of the war separate from the soldiers who are fighting in it could help the morale of Fort Campbell troops who are leaving in just a few months for Iraq and Afghanistan. “There’s […]

Listen Now: Seventeen-thousand soldiers from Fort Campbell will deploy to Iraq for the third time this fall. For this tour, officials from the Army post on the Tennessee-Kentucky border are turning to professional athletes to answer the age-old question of how to physically prepare a soldier for combat. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows reports. More: Listen

Worker’s Compensation penalties are up nearly 20%. Tennessee’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development says the $1 million in fines it collected in the last fiscal year is a record. Generally, any company with five or more employees is required to carry worker’s compensation insurance. In the construction industry, the requirements are stricter – companies […]

Local autoworkers rallied at General Motor’s plant in Spring Hill on Monday to support a compromise on a massive energy bill that is before the Senate this week. The issue stems from what’s known as CAFE standards, which stands for Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Under the proposed energy bill, both cars and trucks would be […]