Tag Archives: budget cuts
Bright & Early: Back To The Grind Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The newly-elected 107th General Assembly was called to order yesterday and had their first session bright and early this morning. If the budget hearings of the past few weeks have been any indication, it’s going to be a long year fraught with budget cuts across pretty much every state department. The new [...]
Bright & Early: The Sun Also Rises Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of the headlines this morning, you would think that nothing else is going on in the world besides the Titans kicking Jeff Fisher to the curb. Nevertheless, the federal government has ruled that Metro Schools must allow students in underperforming schools to transfer to better ones. Though this is [...]
Happy Hour: Let’s All Hug The Weekend
Williamson County Schools officials have gotten so many complaints from parents about excessive homework assignments that they’re considering putting some parameters on how much teachers are allowed to assign. [WSMV] A man who disappeared after kayaking on the Harpeth River was found safe and sound, though it sounds like he gave his wife quite a [...]
Bright & Early: Keep The Lights On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of our Twitter feed, many of you guys started out the morning in the dark. According to NES lightning struck the Edmonson Pike substation a little after 6am, causing a widespread power outage that lasted for about an hour and affected more than 10,000 customers. Storms are expected to [...]
Happy Hour: It’s 4:20 Somewhere
A new bill is being introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would legalize medical marijuana for people with certain medical conditions for $60 per ounce. [WKRN] In the wake of announcing more than 1,000 layoffs in the state government, Governor Phil says he considered shutting state offices down every other Friday and furloughing employees instead. [...]
Bright & Early: Adventuretime Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We keep getting more and more intrigued by this whole idea of an “Adventure Play Park” being built on the east bank of the Cumberland. So far we’ve heard talk of water jets, rock climbing walls, wading pools and an amphitheater, but we’re having a little trouble visualizing such a thing. What [...]
Bright & Early: It All Falls Down Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the time you read this, the demolition of the Nashville Autohaus and several other buildings near the 7th and Shirley intersection will probably be underway (but not Rocketown just yet!) Construction for the Music City Center is expected to break ground today meaning that all of the buildings that are currently [...]
Bright & Early: Take That Back Edition
Good morning, Nashville. On the heels of Governor Phil’s announcement of widespread TennCare cuts, many hospitals are speaking out and comparing the cuts to Armageddon and declaring that “people will die” if they actually go into effect. Among the most devastating, they say, is the $10,000 cap on hospital stays for TennCare patients. This essentially [...]
Happy Hour: We Have Another Situation (Maybe!)
The weatherpeople are calling for another possible Ice/Snow Situation early next week, which means we have six days to come up with another good hashtag. Get to work! [Nashville WX] But considering that the kiddos are already out of snow days, they could be looking at Saturday school or the much-dreaded “extended school year,” which [...]
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