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Lawmakers resurrect fight against ‘All Comers’ policy

The push is a reaction to Vanderbilt University exercising its “all comers” non-discrimination policy last year More

Charter authorizer in the works, but state board of education opposes new panel

The issue is expected to take off on Capitol Hill as soon as education officials and lawmakers tidy up details on how to outsource the local school boards’ responsibility to vet and approve charter schools to an outside agency. More

Phil Ryan offers resignation after 11 years running MDHA

Ryan offered little explanation for the move in an agency release announcing his decision. More

Vandalism at mosque not hate-crime related, police say

Kyler Wilson, 27, was arrested on Monday morning for damaging items inside the mosque. More
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Latest state fair wrangling has echoes of Metro vs. State again.

Metro says state's new fair board releases them from obligation to hold the State Fair, pushes for better deal on money-losing event More

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