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Tennessee Senator Bob Corker has returned from a weekend trip to the Republic of Georgia, convinced that Russian forces targeted civilians unnecessarily.

A Metro Councilman wants to change how Metro Water Services bills customers and how it charges late fees.

Ten House members left the state legislature this year, and only two races were settled in last month’s primary. Those two seats were Republican and they’ll stay Republican. The Democrats hold just a 7 seat advantage over the GOP in the house. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and State Capitol Correspondent Joe White discuss whether that long-held majority is in jeopardy.

Fifty-five Tennesseans are in Minnesota as delegates to the Republican National Convention, and every one of them had to pay their own way.

Now that Hurricane Gustav has taken its toll on the Gulf Coast, Tennessee emergency officials have an eye toward getting evacuees home.

Chickens will live another day in Sewanee. The community council has voted to allow hens as pets.

State officials announced today they’re spending over half-a-billion dollars on the new Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga.

The announcement of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is getting favorable reaction from Tennessee conservatives.

It’s commonplace for election commissions across Middle Tennessee to run voter registration drives in high schools. But Blackman High School in Murfreesboro set itself apart today.

As Tennessee democrats return from their National Convention in Denver, many of the state’s republicans are getting ready to leave for theirs, which starts Monday.