New Canadian research published this week has found this season’s flu shot is less effective than previously thought and in some cases may actually increase a person’s risk of becoming ill. “Unfortunately this year the vaccine hasn’t worked at all,”…
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Push For Affordable Housing Gets GOP Support
With the price to live in gentrifying Nashville continuing to climb, Metro planners have begun drafting a new policy to try to increase and retain Nashville’s affordable housing stock. As they do, some of Tennessee’s Republican lawmakers are keeping a…
Read MoreLocal Non Profit Is Worth $500 Million to Middle TN
You may think of used shoes and home goods when you think of Goodwill, but the nonprofit’s local branch has an economic impact of nearly a half-billion dollars. That’s according to the results of new research released today by Goodwill…
Read MoreYou May Be Able to Buy Property In Nashville for $192
Every year, nearly 100 property owners in Davidson County don’t pay their taxes on time. Metro has to get its money back somehow, but it can take a while. 83 properties will be auctioned off in the Jury Assembly room…
Read MoreA History Stranger Than Fiction
Once a year, the Tennessee State Museum takes out its strangest object and puts it on display for the day. Last Saturday was your annual chance to see the cute little coffin and the mummified thumb that resides within. This,…
Read MoreTN Kids’ Scores Hold Steady While National Numbers Fall
It’s a not-so rosy report card for the nation’s schoolchildren. Math scores slipped for fourth and eighth graders over the last two years, and reading grades were not much better, flat for fourth graders and lower for eighth graders, according…
Read MoreNashville’s Traffic Woes Get National Attention
This is one of America’s booming cities. An average of 82 people move here every day, amounting to a growth rate of 12.7 percent between 2000 and 2013. And, as is the case in many booming cities, the traffic is…
Read MoreFormer Councilman Admits Publicly About TSU What Everyone Else Knows
A former Metro Council member referred to TSU not as Tennessee State University, but as “Thug State University” during a radio show on Monday morning. Monday marked the first full week of heightened security at Tennessee State University after…
Read MoreStudy: Children With Both Parents In Prison Suffer
Three years ago, the little girl would hide under a table when confronted with reminders that both her parents were in prison. Now almost 10, she’s a confident, popular student, and ace recruiter for the program that helped her, says…
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