SSG-TN News Clips

Tennessee News Clips

Education

Expanding the Charter Option
August 12, 2009 Wall Street Journal
Andrea Byrd, mother of two boys, had enough with her son's school.

Tennessee gets $22 million grant for charter schools
August 12, 2009 Nashville Business Journal
The Tennessee Department of Education has been awarded a $22 million Charter School Program Grant, to be distributed over the next five years, from the U.S. Department of
Education.

Politics

Sen. Stanley stand-in likely
August 12, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
State Sen. Paul Stanley left office this month following news that he had an affair with an intern, and now the Shelby County Commission appears likely to pick a short-term replacement for the Germantown Republican.

Knoxville already bans guns in parks
August 13, 2009 Knoxville News Sentinel
As it turns out, going armed in Knoxville city parks is illegal and has been for at least three decades, regardless of the state’s recent “guns in parks” law, according to Knoxville City Council’s attorney.

Stimulus

Some states get share of stimulus faster
August 13, 2009 USA Today
Stimulus money is flowing far more slowly to some states than others, a USA TODAY analysis shows, despite the Obama administration's push to speed up spending to help jump start the nation's economy.

Economy

U.S. Employers Grow More Optimistic
August 12, 2009 Wall Street Journal
Major U.S. employers are growing more optimistic, with few planning additional layoffs and many planning to reverse course in coming months on cost-cutting initiatives such as salary freezes, according to a new survey.

Healthcare

More Health Care Town Halls Planned
August 12, 2009 Nashville Public Radio
More of Tennessee’s congressional delegation has planned in-person town hall meetings to discuss proposals for health care overhaul.

Energy

Al Gore's group for clean energy opens Nashville office
August 13, 2009 Tennessean
The activist arm of former Vice President Al Gore's nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection has opened a Nashville office as part of a growing ripple of volunteers nationwide advocating a limit on greenhouse gases.

Renewable energy plan risks blackouts
August 13, 2009 Bloomberg News
President Barack Obama's push for wind and solar energy to wean the U.S. from foreign oil carries a hidden cost: overburdening the nation's electrical grid and increasing the threat of blackouts.

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