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- Regents urged to use caution in cutting
costs
Community college and university presidents in the Tennessee Board of
Regents system said yesterday the board should be careful in making any
attempts to change how schools offer remedial and developmental instruction.
- Special session appears unlikely
The General Assembly's flirtation with a special session on an income tax
this year appears off again for now, a move that could prompt lawmakers to
search for more spending cuts, other taxes and reallocation of ex-isting
state funds to balance the budget.
- Growth issue rouses Franklin voters
FRANKLIN — Anti-growth voters made their voices heard at the polls
yesterday, claiming two seats on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and nearly
grabbing a third.
- Crime in Nashville rose 4.6% last year
New FBI figures show that last year saw a 4.6% increase over 1999 in the
number of crimes reported to Nashville law enforcement. Violent crime went
up 5.9% and property crime rose by 4.3%.
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