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Dell Incorporated announced today that it will add as many as one-thousand jobs in Tennessee and expand customer service operations. Dell CEO Kevin Rollins says most of the new jobs are in sales and technical support. “They’re higher level than we first started out with. They’re not as entry level, although there will be some […]

A gym at Tennessee State University became a “matchmaking room” for Tennessee businesses today. Around 120 small, minority and women-owned businesses attended the event, which was sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. Participants provided company and product information in an online profile. Organizers then scheduled 15 minute appointments for the small […]

Metro is seeking input about the three new nature centers scheduled to open May of next year. The centers will be built in Shelby Bottoms, Beaman, and Bells Bend parks as a part of Mayor Bill Purcell’s Master Plan for Parks and Greenways. Seventy-four-year-old Bill Coble has lived in Tennessee all his life and hopes […]

Travelers driving through Tennessee this Memorial Day weekend will save 7 cents on gas compared to the national average. Meal and lodging costs are also lower than the national average, putting Tennessee in the top ten least expensive travel destinations for 2006, according to AAA. AAA Spokesman Gregg Laskoski says Tennessee has an edge over […]

A new state-wide anti-littering campaign is targeting teenagers and young adults with billboards and air play on channels such as MTV, BET, and Comedy Central. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says national studies show that 16 to 34-year-olds liter the most. The program is the largest state anti-liter campaign since the 1970s. Shawn Bible of […]

Metro Police Chief Ronal Serpas says Nashvillians can expect him to speak out more in the coming years. Serpas spoke at a luncheon today hosted by the Tennessee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Serpas says he has a certain amount of freedom because his job is a “civil-service protected chief’s position”. “I have a boss and […]

A state house committee increased the HOPE scholarship awards today, but not by as much as some lawmakers would have liked.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the humaneness of Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol today.

In his bid to win re-election as governor, Phil Bredesen is again going after NASCAR fans.