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Hermitage Hotel Restroom Named Best in America
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, by Blake Farmer

The Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville earned some bragging rights today…for keeping a tidy toilet.
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TVA Looking at Finishing Bellefonte 1 & 2, Possibly Instead of NuStart
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, by Blake Farmer

The Tennessee Valley Authority took the first step today toward completing two abandoned reactors at the Bellefonte site in Northern Alabama.
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New Census Reports Show 23% of Tennessee Kids Are Poor
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, by Nina Cardona

Nearly a quarter of Tennessee’s children live at or below the poverty level. That’s just one finding in a new report from the Census Bureau.
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Sign Task Force Holds First Meeting
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, by Christine Buttorff

Businesses need to communicate with consumers. Churches and schools need to communicate with neighborhoods. But many Nashville residents aren’t so sure the communication should be in the form of an electric, flashing sign.
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Returning Students Drive MTSU Enrollment Gains
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008, by Nina Cardona

Middle Tennessee State University is headed towards another year of record enrollment, assuming early figures hold true.
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Election Commission Keeps English-Only off November Ballot
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008, by Blake Farmer

The Davidson County Election Commission has denied a voter referendum from making the November ballot on a technicality.
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Metro Law Department Says ‘No’ to English Only
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008, by Christine Buttorff

The Metro Legal Department says the “English Only” petition can’t legally be placed on the November ballot.
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Nursing Home Task Force Wants New Oversight System
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008, by Blake Farmer

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging wants a new system of oversight for nursing homes, and the group cites Vanderbilt research to back up its case. In some states like Tennessee, suspensions and fines have gone up five-fold since 2006.
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Barnes Files Election Challenge
Monday, August 25th, 2008, by Christine Buttorff

State Senate Candidate Tim Barnes filed a challenge yesterday to his narrow loss in the August Democratic primary.
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Cumberland County Schools Reopen Without Final Budget
Monday, August 25th, 2008, by Blake Farmer

Cumberland County schools opened this morning after delaying the start of the new year two weeks due to a budget shortfall. A chancery court forced the schools to open. Mayor Brock Hill asked for the court’s help after the board of education voted earlier this month to extend summer break over a funding dispute.
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