WPLN News

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced today he will fund the riverfront redevelopment in this year’s capital budget. He’s also putting the Metro Development and Housing Agency in charge.

Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the Gulf Coast, but Tennessee will not be helping potential evacuees this time.

This summer, thermal imaging cameras owned by the Army have been tracking mysterious flying objects throughout Tennessee. Tens of thousands of tiny winged creatures are showing up, but no one’s alarmed. In fact, they’re glad to see the little guys. The military is helping conservationists conduct the first sophisticated count of gray bats. Both groups hope to get the bat off the Endangered Species list…for their own reasons. WPLN’s Blake Farmer reports.

Music fans can name their price for downloads on a new Nashville-based web site.

The Mexican Consulate is issuing government IDs in Nashville faster than ever before.

How much should Tennessee citizens pay to get copies of public records?

That’s the question before the Office of Open Records Counsel, which took public comments on the proposed fees today.

The state’s relatively new children’s health insurance program is still trying to increase enrollment. Just over half of the state’s 45-thousand uninsured children eligible for CoverKids have signed up.

Governor Phil Bredesen says the Tennessee Highway Patrol has to take responsibility for the conduct of its own employees, and says he won’t step into the dispute surrounding a state trooper who was fired this week for illegally running background checks.

When gas prices began creeping past the four-dollar mark this summer, online grocer Plumgood Food capitalized by dropping delivery fees for orders over 50-dollars. It appears to be working.

A Davidson County chancery court agrees with the Election Commission and says it was right to keep the English-only charter amendment off the November ballot.