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Read MoreMonth: February 2016
Legislature Takes a Break from Durham Gossip to Deal With Legislative Issues
Tennessee lawmakers are in for a busy day as several big bills come up for consideration. ‘Slow Poke Law’ Lawmakers at the state capitol will debate whether slow drivers should get a fine for driving in the fast lane. The…
Read MoreTN Public Schools Receive Yet Another Failing Grade
Tennessee is among 13 states that scored an F for its system of performing background checks on teachers and sharing misconduct information when compared with best national practice by USA TODAY. For Tennessee, the reliance on school districts to run…
Read MoreParents Horrified By Results of Public Schools’ Mock Election
If they went to the polls today, voting-age Nashville high school students would pick Bernie Sanders for president. At least, that’s the result of an informal mock election that recently tallied 444 votes in four schools. Sanders had a margin…
Read MoreLocals Honor Catholic Schools’ Week
Last week was quite a week for the more than 5,800 students and the hundreds of faculty and staff who make up today’s Catholic school community in Middle Tennessee. But the celebration of this community is really a celebration of…
Read MoreScalia Found With Pillow Covering His Face; Conflicting Reports on Cause of Death
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s head was under a pillow when he was found dead at a Texas ranch, according to the ranch owner who found his body. “We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His…
Read MoreDemographic Trends Good News for Old Men In Nashville
It’s easy to spot single women around town age 50 and older, and a lot harder to find single men in that age group. Bars, online dating, matchmaking services – it doesn’t seem to matter. Loads of fabulous single women,…
Read MoreThe Endless Wars Will Be Our Undoing
If you believed America’s longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not. Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground “for years to come.” Making…
Read MoreWill TN Democrats Vote for a Socialist?
Campaigns of both Democratic presidential candidates are starting to turn more attention to Tennessee as the nomination process moves to the South. On the same night the Hillary Clinton campaign opened new campaign offices in Nashville, the Bernie Sanders campaign…
Read MoreState Colleges Reject Proposal to Freeze Tuition Increases
Tennessee lawmakers fired a broadside at the state’s universities Wednesday. Their complaint: skyrocketing tuition. But they say they can rein it in. Their proposal is to freeze tuition when students enter a four-year state university. Whatever students are asked to…
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