“There’s kind of a legend about ginseng,” according to Ethan Swiggart, a plant scientist at Middle Tennessee State University. The legend goes something like this: Ginseng “shows itself to you.” And if you’re not ready? Then you won’t find it. I’m hoping that’s not the case today.
In Nashville, city commission appointments typically sail through. Here’s why that didn’t happen with human relations.
Seventeen volunteers serve on the Metro Human Relations Commission, which is a city agency that studies and offers solutions around discrimination and other inequities.
Public education advocates want Nashville to be known as a great place for kids, not just tourists
One of Nashville’s biggest public school advocate groups are asking Metro officials to make bigger moves to support local students. The Nashville Public Education Foundation wants the city to create what’s called a child opportunity index.
In the hotly contested primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, money and loyalty to Trump divide a large GOP field
After Morgan Ortagus was kicked out of the race in Tennessee’s 5th House District, she endorsed Kurt Winstead. That set up the sort of political jockeying that now has party insiders wondering who might get Trump’s blessing.
Cherokee tribe supports renaming Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park
Long before the mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border was a National Park attraction, the Cherokee referred to it as Kuwahi, which translates to “mulberry place.”
We want to hear from teachers in Middle Tennessee
Teachers are the backbone of the state’s education system. However, there are more than 2,000 teacher vacancies in Tennessee and the start of the new school year is only weeks away.
After local rejection, Hillsdale-affiliated charter petitions state for approval
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school American Classical Academy Madison is still planning to open, despite being denied by the Jackson-Madison County school district.
Metro Police warn dangerous fentanyl-laced drugs are everywhere downtown
Metro Police are warning that dangerous fentanyl is showing up in all kinds of street drugs, but especially cocaine that’s sold in downtown Nashville.
Tennessee’s school voucher program is back in court Aug. 5, days before school starts
Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program will be heading back to court on Aug. 5. A motion for a temporary injunction to stop the roll-out was filed by the Shelby and Davidson County governments.
Tennessee’s full abortion ban will go into effect Aug. 25
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its judgement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Tuesday, the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. That starts the clock on Tennessee’s so-called trigger law.
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