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Bright & Early: ICE ICE Baby Edition

Good morning, Nashville. After a few weeks of uncertainty, Sheriff Daron Hall has decided that Nashville’s 287(g) immigration enforcement (ICE) program is probably here to stay. A new federal revision would’ve required that detainee records remain inaccessible to the public, which would be a violation of Tennessee state law. Nashville’s Sheriff’s Office has submitted that [...]

Happy Hour: Change We Need

Next Tuesday morning, President Obama will be addressing school-aged kids on C-SPAN and some parents in Sumner County aren’t real happy about it. The school system has decided to give parents the choice to opt their kids out of hearing the speech, which is supposed to be about staying in school and succeeding. No word [...]

Happy Hour: Don’t Breathe Unless You Have To

Lest we forget about the folks in Kingston and their nasty, nasty TVA ash spill back in December, more reports of health problems are rolling in by the day. Also, more than 200 residents have stepped up in the class action suit against the TVA with more on the way. [Pith In The Wind]
We feel [...]

Bright & Early: Long Kiss Goodbye Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We have to admit we don’t know a whole lot about football (except that we’re supposed to bleed two-tone blue around here) but we hear it’s a big day for the NFL. Free agency is finally here, which means that changes are in store for the Titans beginning with one pretty big [...]

Happy Hour: Oops!

So, good story: Once upon a time, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, champion of local immigration enforcement intiative 287(g), accidentally addressed hate group Council of Conservative Citizens as a featured speaker. And by “hate group” we mean they openly oppose mixing races, non-white immigration, and homosexuality. [Tennessean]
A Chattanooga man was finally found guilty of first-degree [...]

Bright & Early: All Uphill From Here Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Changes are in store for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department after some deputies kept an undocumented immigrant woman in handcuffs while she went into labor and delivered her baby earlier this summer. Known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, Sheriff Daron Hall says they were just trying to do their job [...]