Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election with nearly five million more popular votes than Mitt Romney and a resounding electoral vote majority of 332 to 206. But was his electoral vote victory necessarily so clear?

County Commissioner Richard Briggs is spearheading an effort to make the ban permanent and also prohibit any more conversions. After holding hearings and a workshop, Commission is due to act on Briggs’ proposed amendments to the county’s zoning ordinance in ...

Madeline Rogero has accomplished a lot during her first year as mayor of Knoxville, but when asked what she considers most significant, she’s quick to single out her overhaul of the city’s pension plan.

Even if the University of Tennessee’s football fortunes continue to flounder, its Athletic Department’s financial future appears secure. Its saving grace is UT’s membership in the Southeastern Conference and the bonanza of football TV revenues the conference promises to garner ...

I’ve been a lifelong college football fan, but at this stage of my life the games have gotten too long for me.

It’s got a new name and a new lease on life, but it remains to be seen how well the organization now known as Visit Knoxville can deliver on its imperative.

When, to the surprise of nearly everyone, including himself, Tony Norman was elected chairman of the Knox County Commission in September, it appeared to give impetus to his effort to strike back against forces that had provoked him as a ...

I have been impressed with the Knox County school system and its leadership since Jim McIntyre became superintendent in 2008. So I was surprised that the McIntyre-led system failed to make a list of 21 “Exemplary School Districts” recently announced ...

It’s hard to believe that Congress will allow the U.S. economy to go over the fiscal cliff that’s looming at year’s end. Yet given this Congress’ oft demonstrated dysfunctionality, it’s hard to have any confidence that the dire consequences of ...

When Jerry Burgess founded the HealthCare 21 Business Coalition in 1997, his mission was to help companies in the Knoxville area and beyond better manage their health benefits, with an emphasis on employee wellness and maximizing health plan value.

In 2007, when state government was flush with revenue, then-Gov. Phil Bredesen channeled $70 million to the University of Tennessee for what was called the Tennessee Biofuels Initiative.

The Affordable Care Act’s goal of making health care accessible and affordable to all Americans remains compelling, and none of its provisions more so than the one that makes all legal residents with incomes of no more than 133 percent ...

Until just recently, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame had become somewhat of a stepchild.

Much-publicized online initiatives on the part of Harvard, MIT, Stanford and other top-tier universities have been most dramatically heralded by Stanford President John Hennessy’s proclamation that, “There’s a tsunami coming.”

The question, as evidenced by Knox County Commission’s rejection of the $21 million McIntyre sought for his technology initiatives that would have entailed a tax increase, is whether states and/or localities are prepared to pay for all of the infrastructure ...