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Bright & Early: A Grain Of Salt Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The kids are back in school today! Miracles happen. For those keeping track at home, Metro used up their ninth snow day yesterday out of, well, four that were built into the schedule. February 11th and 21st will be make-up days and three more have been tacked onto the end of the [...]
Bright & Early: Don’t Mess With The Rocky Top Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A few months ago, we heard rumors of a proposed lawsuit between A&E and House of Bryant, the company that currently owns the rights to our fair state’s anthem “Rocky Top.” In an episode of City Confidential, a true-crime show, producers decided to insert a 12-second clip from the song to make [...]
Bright & Early: On The Agenda Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Metro Council meeting got a little heated last night as several controversial issues came to a vote. After an emotional debate, the non-discrimination ordinance passed it’s second reading. The council was split evenly down the middle on the issue of guns in parks, forcing Vice Mayor Diane Neighbors to cast the [...]
Bright & Early: The Buck Stops There Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Just a few days after News Channel 5 blasted Metro for some outrageous spending on convention center PR, Mayor Dean put his foot down. An investigative report revealed that Metro had shelled out about six times the amount that was in the original contract with local PR firm McNeely Pigott & Fox, [...]
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