August 3, 2010
The Tennessee Department of Safety is opening a new driver service center for reinstatement assistance in Memphis’ Shelby County on Monday. The center at 2516 Mt. Moriah Road is for the reinstatement of driving privileges; no driver licenses will be …
August 2, 2010
Katrina 5 Years Later According to a new white paper from the Insurance Information Institute on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005: $41.1 Billion The amount that private sector insurers paid …
August 2, 2010
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the crisis, according to a report. The …
July 28, 2010
The city of Cleveland lost its appeal Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing 22 Wall Street bank and mortgage lenders of creating a public nuisance by creating risky mortgage securities to be sold to investors. A three-judge panel of the U.S. …
July 28, 2010
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol says it is seeing a decrease in the number of teen driver fatalities across the state. The patrol said on that it has investigated the deaths of 28 teen drivers so far this year. …
July 23, 2010
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded its actions during the May floods reduced the Cumberland River’s flood crest in Nashville by 5 feet, but the agency suffered numerous communications problems during the crisis, according to a report released …
July 23, 2010
The House passed legislation this week that promotes new ways to clean up oil spills and aims to make deepwater drilling safer. The two measures responding to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cleared the House by …
July 22, 2010
A rural school district that canceled its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her girlfriend has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit the ACLU filed on her behalf. The district also agreed to …
July 20, 2010
A payroll services company that had naming rights to Nashville’s arena gave off signs of financial trouble for several months before FBI agents raided it July 6. Sommet Group of Franklin, Tenn., is embroiled in a federal criminal probe for …
July 19, 2010
Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet). Johnson is an association professional who has experience with five associations over the last 26 years. Most recently, he was executive director of the National Association …