by Steve Williams | Mar 23, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The opening day of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament is why they call it March Madness. Thirteen hours of close games, upsets, emotion and controversy. I was among those who picked Iowa State to go a long way in the tourney – to the Elite...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Most folks are aware that the Knox County Board of Education has been dithering about whether or not to sue the State of Tennessee, along with the three other big urban counties – – – Shelby, Davidson, and Hamilton. Shelby and...
by Ray Hill | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Huey Long’s rise to power began with his election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He ran a surprisingly strong race for the gubernatorial nomination in 1924 when only thirty years old, but lost to Henry Fuqua. Governor Fuqua died two years...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher With the 109th General Assembly well underway, there is good, bad, and ugly with regard to education bills. First the good: HB0036 (Dunn)/SB0285 (Briggs) removes the requirement that the local education authority (LEA) must include student scores in a...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Year Round School. The school-wide meetings are underway regarding a proposed Year Round (or “Balanced”) Calendar. The list of meetings can be found here: http://www.knoxschools.org/domain/4273. Note that many of the meetings are already over, and...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law On March 10, 2015 the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury approved the sale of a powdered alcohol product called Palcohol. Palcohol had previously been approved for...
