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Bright & Early: Winning! Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It was a good weekend in the local football realm, as Vanderbilt continued their winning streak with a 30-7 victory over Mississippi, and the Titans landed a 26-13 win over the Ravens despite mediocre-at-best performance from one certain highly-paid running back who missed all of this year’s training camp and preseason. Cough, [...]
Bright & Early: Carry On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A Murfreesboro judge has dismissed most of the complaints in the long-running Murfreesboro mosque case, in which plaintiffs tried to prove that the construction of the mosque is a violation of residents’ constitutional rights. Plaintiffs argued that members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro would be “compelled by their religion to subdue [...]
Happy Hour: Walk The Walk
Mayor Dean kicked off a new program challenging Nashvillians to walk 100 miles over the next two months by participating in a series of scheduled walks to familiarize folks with greenways, parks and sidewalks around the city. [WKRN] Sponsors of the proposed bill banning the practice of Sharia law have removed all the language the [...]
Bright & Early: Words To Live By Editon
Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean announced a new study yesterday that will examine Nashville’s flood preparedness situation (or lack thereof) and hopefully come up with some ways to have it be a little less devastating the next time we experience a 1,000-year flood. State and federal agencies will team up with local ones to look [...]
Happy Hour: Expanding The Empire
Welcome to Davidson County, Lakewood? Even if you did only decide to join us by one vote. [WSMV] And we thought we’d have an answer by now, but the Yarbro-Henry Senate primary is still too close to call. At last count, Douglas Henry was winning by three votes. [WKRN] The emergency dispatcher responsible for waiting [...]
Bright & Early: Food For Thought Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve ever enjoyed a hot dog, popcorn or even a beer at a Titans or Preds game, it might be worth knowing that 62% of LP Field food vendors and 59% of Bridgestone Arena food vendors had major health violations according to a recent inspection. Vendors at both facilities were found [...]
Happy Hour: What A Day, What A Day
Lots of big news today, not the least of which is GM’s choice of Michigan over Spring Hill for building its new small car. Consequently the Spring Hill plant, which employs more than 3,000 people, will be taking an indefinite hiatus later this year. More details to come at tomorrow morning’s press conference. [WKRN] Also [...]
Happy Hour: Big Money, Big Money!
In higher education news: Vandy’s leaders are really raking in the dough while MTSU is shelling out $10K to try to rake in the dough. [Tennessean & Nashville Is Talking] Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville has a proposal he thinks could save us a million bucks in Tennessee: He wants state buildings to replace the [...]
Bright & Early: Badvertising Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. With Metro schools now looking at being about $16 million in the hole, they’re taking a look at some creative ways to bring in the dough–the latest of which is selling advertising space on Metro school buses. It’s already legal to sell black [...]
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