Tennessee News

Tennessee Opens Driver Reinstatement Center

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 …

It Figures

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 …

Army Corps Claims Actions Reduced Tennessee Flooding in May

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 …

Cleveland Loses Appeal of Suit Blaming Wall Street for Foreclosures

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. …

Tennessee Reports Decline in Teen Driver Deaths

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. …

Army Corps Report Claims Actions Reduced Tennessee Flooding

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 …

House Approves Oil Spill Clean-Up, Drilling Safety Bill

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 …

Mississippi School District Pays Lesbian $35K for Canceled Prom

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 …

Tennessee Sommet Group Signaled Financial Stress Before FBI Raid

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 …

People

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 …