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Working late into Thursday evening on their last paid day of the 2010 session, state Senators passed a budget for next year. It funds a roughly $29 billion spending plan for the financial year that begins July 1.

Metro Nashville’s newest public art installation will be the center of attention next week.

Metro officials say the piles of flood debris that are scattered throughout the city should be permanently gone by mid-June.

Voters in Metro Nashville ousted only one incumbent in yesterday’s county primary election.

FEMA says it has given out $100 million just two weeks after deadly historic flooding devastated homes and businesses in Tennessee.

Tuesday is election day in Davidson County. The county primaries originally scheduled for the week following the flood will happen today, with a few changes in polling places.

Last week, Senate Republicans made good on their promise to come up with an alternative to Governor Phil Bredesen’s state budget. Their big complaint centered on tax hikes. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and Joe White discuss what Senate Republicans did.

Immigration officials have put 30 Tennessee companies on notice that their employment records need to be in order. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a crackdown on hiring illegal workers in five southeastern states in March.

There are more than 2,000 flood cleanup jobs the state’s career centers are trying to help employers fill. The jobs are mostly temporary and pay $8-10/hour.