A bill that would allow women to obtain birth control pills or patches from a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription is sailing through the legislature. It may be only a matter of months before these contraceptives are available directly through…
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Legislature Shifts Towards Trust of Free Market
Tennessee lawmakers have defeated a proposal to expand municipal broadband, with one state representative accusing fellow elected officials of caving to pressure from lobbyists. “It’s a testament to the power of lobbying against this bill and not listening to our…
Read MoreMetro Government Warming Up to Using Big Data
The city of Nashville is hiring its first ever “chief data officer” — a person described in a new job posting as an “evangelist for data.” This new city staffer will be tasked with updating Metro’s “open data” project, in…
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