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Senate Housing Finance Bill Decried as ‘Residential Obamacare’
NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is pushing for legislation to create a federal entity to regulate the housing market, six years after the… Read More
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NASHVILLE — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is pushing for legislation to create a federal entity to regulate the housing market, six years after the… Read More
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NASHVILLE—Halloween is fast approaching. And at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, officials want to boost morale by teaching workers to carve jack-o’-lanterns. Why… Read More
Health CareNews
NASHVILLE — Internal Revenue Service officials must enforce a new Obamacare tax designed to collect money from medical device manufacturers, but they’re losing money because… Read More
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NASHVILLE — One of Robin Williams’ final movies, “Boulevard,” filmed in Nashville more than a year ago with a $302,000 investment from Tennessee taxpayers, still… Read More
EducationNews
NASHVILLE — About a quarter of Tennessee’s public school districts, 33 in all, spend more on administrative costs — such as principals and school directors… Read More
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MEMPHIS—City officials, citing public safety concerns, have imposed cease-and-desist orders against private ride-share companies Uber and Lyft. Now, in the wake of those decisions, officials… Read More
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RUSTON, La. — Peach orchards at Mitcham Farms, near the north Louisiana city of Ruston, have survived winter freezes, droughts and dangerous hail storms. But… Read More
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NASHVILLE—Tennessee officials wasted $609 million in taxpayer money last year, according to the 2014 “Pork Report,” which a free-market think tank released Wednesday. Beacon Center… Read More
EducationNews
NASHVILLE—School officials in Nashville don’t want kids to feel insecure about accepting a free school lunch, so they have decided to give everyone a free… Read More