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Tennessee News Clips

Politics

He's 'history' — Willie Herenton departs mayor's office for last time Thursday
July 30, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
Willie Wilbert Herenton, the former amateur boxing champion who fought his way up from the city's mean streets to its highest office, left City Hall on Thursday for the last time without throwing any hard punches.

Lamar Alexander to back Sotomayor for Supreme Court
July 30, 2009 Associated Press
The Senate's No. 3 Republican announced Thursday he'd break with the rest of his party's leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who's in line to become the first Hispanic justice.

Education

SCORE targets 5 areas to ace
July 31, 2009 Tennessean
An African proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. A group of politicians and business and education leaders are taking a similar approach for reforming a child's public education in the state of Tennessee.

Schools strengthen standards
July 30, 2009 Columbia Daily Herald
Starting with this year’s freshman class, Maury County students will travel a tougher path to graduation.

Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’
July 30, 2009 Wall Street Journal
The Obama Administration unveiled its new “Race to the Top” initiative late last week, in which it will use the lure of $4.35 billion in federal cash to induce states to improve their K-12 schools.
Government

'Clunkers' Program Is Running Out of Cash
July 31, 2009 Washington Post
The government's "cash for clunkers" program, aimed at boosting stagnant auto sales, is almost out of money, putting its future in question, according to sources familiar with the effort.
Healthcare

Health bill inches forward in House
July 31, 2009 Associated Press
House Democrats methodically pushed ahead with a compromise health overhaul Thursday over liberals’ complaints, intent on achieving tangible — if modest — success on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority ahead of a month long summer recess.

Americans spend $34 billion a year on alternative medicine
July 30, 2009 USA Today
While Americans may complain about the high cost of health care, they're still willing to shell out roughly $34 billion a year out-of-pocket on alternative therapies that aren't covered by insurance, a new study shows.

Business

Union says VW not hiring locally; company fires back
July 31, 2009 Chattanooga Times Free Press
A union said Thursday that Volkswagen isn’t hiring enough local workers in building the automaker’s Chattanooga assembly plant, a charge the company denied.

Economy

Pushed by recession, millions make dramatic job changes
July 31, 2009 USA Today
The automotive industry was the only life Ed Wozniak knew.

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