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The state’s Meth Task Force says the seizure of make-shift drug labs is up 17-percent over last year. It’s the first up-tick for meth since the agency was established in 2005.

The Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville earned some bragging rights today…for keeping a tidy toilet.

The Tennessee Valley Authority took the first step today toward completing two abandoned reactors at the Bellefonte site in Northern Alabama.

Nearly a quarter of Tennessee’s children live at or below the poverty level. That’s just one finding in a new report from the Census Bureau.

Businesses need to communicate with consumers. Churches and schools need to communicate with neighborhoods. But many Nashville residents aren’t so sure the communication should be in the form of an electric, flashing sign.

Middle Tennessee State University is headed towards another year of record enrollment, assuming early figures hold true.

The Davidson County Election Commission has denied a voter referendum from making the November ballot on a technicality.

Listen Now: Last year’s record-setting drought strained water systems throughout the state, in some cases, to the breaking point. A few cities in the Southeast were living off bottled water. Even in Nashville, where city leaders have long-flaunted a bottomless supply of water from the Cumberland River, big users were asked to cut back. Pumps […]

The Metro Legal Department says the “English Only” petition can’t legally be placed on the November ballot.

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging wants a new system of oversight for nursing homes, and the group cites Vanderbilt research to back up its case. In some states like Tennessee, suspensions and fines have gone up five-fold since 2006.