Clips and Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day:

“Whoever the mayor of Memphis is, we are going to work with them, whether they like it or not.”

- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) on former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton picking up papers to run for mayor after resigning the position two weeks ago.

Tennessee News Clips

Politics

Willie Herenton picks up petition to run for Memphis mayor — again
August 13, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
In a move that baffled both allies and critics, Willie W. Herenton took an initial step Thursday toward reclaiming the Memphis mayor’s office he retired from less than two weeks ago.

Education

Metro Schools Revamp Discipline Policy
August 13, 2009 Nashville Public Radio
It may become tougher for suspended students to fall off the radar in Metro Nashville schools this year.

Schools Enact Tougher Education Standards
August 13, 2009 WSMV
he state is making big changes in hopes of better preparing students for college and the workforce.

Programs to help unemployed college graduates with debt
August 14, 2009 USA Today
New public, private and college-based programs are targeting a grim and growing market: unemployed college graduates who can't afford to repay their student loans.

Healthcare

Health-care rally hits Nashville rush hour
August 14, 2009 Tennessean
The heated debate over President Barack Obama's proposed health-care reforms came to the streets of Nashville on Thursday.

Health care showdown shifts to TV ads
August 13, 2009 USA Today
The health care battle bubbling over in town-hall forums across the country this month is shifting to television screens as groups on each side of the issue launch multimillion-dollar ad blitzes to influence the debate.

Economy

Geithner Sees Good Vital Signs
August 14, 2009 Wall Street Journal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the Obama administration wouldn't allow Wall Street to return to such old habits as taking on excessive risk, and that plans to overhaul financial-market regulation were on track.

Business

'Clunkers' Plan Needs a Tuneup
August 14, 2009 Wall Street Journal
The Obama administration eased the rules of its "cash for clunkers" program Thursday, saying it would let consumers order autos that dealers don't have in stock.

Energy

TVA testing energy-efficiency technology in modified homes
August 14, 2009 Knoxville News Sentinel
TVA has developed three homes in a Campbell Creek subdivision in Farragut in which showers come on by themselves, lights mysteriously turn off and on, and refrigerator doors open and close without a soul in the kitchen — all without the use of psychic power.

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