Blake Farmer

One knock on charter schools is the lack of diversity -- filled with either all minority and low-income students, or mostly affluent students. Some charter schools see a benefit to pulling students from both sides of the tracks.

In parts of Tennessee, about one third of working-age residents have a college degree. In a few counties, the rate drops to fewer than one in 10.

Nashville's homeless get housing from private landlords in a new experimental program.

Vanderbilt still has the poorest attendance record in the Southeastern Conference even though it’s coming off its best season in a century.

Shopping malls around the country are dropping like flies. Roughly a third have trouble keeping the lights on.

President Obama floated the idea of selling the Tennessee Valley Authority in his budget, released last month. He started receiving pushback almost immediately.

Nashville's Music City Center cost $600 million and has a lot of cutting-edge bells and whistles. But convention organizers looking for a new convention center have a lot of options.

An expansion of Medicaid is supposed to cover more of the working poor. But Republican-led states have been opting out and outlying areas in states like Tennessee may be the hardest hit.

Some retailers run special promotions to lure customers in during tax refund season.

Even with a new tax break for upgraded train tracks, short line railroads have trouble picking up business.