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Weekly Obsession: Now entering the Realm, The Lord High Cancellor

Office of the Repealer? We don't need another hero More

In Great Hearts wake, school board to consider diversity plan Tuesday

Eight-page draft of plan identifies goals and objectives to managing district’s diversity, but is short on details   More

Haslam avoids Occupy deposition, but AG contradicts Gov.'s public statement

Safety and General Services commissioners will each be subject to four hours of deposition More

Haslam promises Medicaid expansion decision by end of legislative session

Move could stifle plans by some GOP legislators lining up to ban governor from expanding to program   More

Tennessee Supreme Court hears arguments on voter ID law

Civil rights attorney George Barrett represents Memphis, which last year dispersed library cards as photo IDs More

U.S. Postal Service to cut Saturday mail delivery

Package delivery will continue to run six days a week, Monday through Thursday More

Council passes AmSurg, Oberto tax breaks despite last-minute amendment effort

Some supported amendments requiring companies to hit job-creation benchmarks to receive full tax breaks More

Weekly Obsession: 'Don’t Say Gay’ bill dreams of time that never was

Campfield refiles legislation that aims to restrict mention of LGBT issues in elementary, middle schools More
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Williamson Co. rushes through plan to add SROs to every elementary school in county

After Sandy Hook, officials re-examine school safety, push resolution funding student resource officers More

Metro fair board approves new offer to Tennessee State Fair Association

Offer will be on the table until Feb. 13, providing enough time for Tennessee State Fair Association to meet   More

S&P, state sue each other over mortgage-backed security ratings

S&P anticipates lawsuit from Justice Department stemming from high pre-recession credit ratings for mortgagors More

DCS Commissioner O'Day resigns

Jim Henry, of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, will fill in temporarily More

How much would a more accurate weather forecast cost? For Kentucky, it was about $3M

Unlike Kentucky, Tennessee has no mesonet — simple network for collecting climate data that could help forecasters More

State fair lease negotiations at impasse, 2013 fair in jeopardy

Fairgrounds director Buck Dozier writes to TSFA chairman John Rose saying the 2013 fair was 'in peril'   More

Police seek help finding missing East Nashville man

Ivan Moore, 33, was last seen leaving a friends’ house in 1100 block of North Second Street More

Lawmakers look at steps to relieve a corrections system nearing capacity

State’s 14 prisons are at 98% capacity, with overflow of about 5,000 inmates serving some time in local jails   More

Craft brewers rally for bill to reduce nation’s highest beer tax

Under current structure, 17 percent wholesale beer tax is based on price of the brew, not volume sold More

Convict’s appeal could hinge on key witness: Mayor Karl Dean

Steven McCain is attempting to reverse his sentence due to ineffective counsel and Dean plays key role More

Venues and ticket resellers gear up for legislative slugfest

Both sides accuse the other of disingenuous behavior in the name of consumer protection More

Police find alleged drug operation in raid of 12South area home

George Martin Van Tassel III, 37, faces felony charges after raid at his Ferguson Avenue home Thursday night More