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Happy Hour: And Stay Out!
Well, obviously the big news tonight is that the Titans are suing Lane Kiffin for poaching one of their coaches. Poaching a coach, they say! It even rhymes. Anyway, this should ensure that Lane Kiffin will never be able to so much as drive through Tennessee without having his tires slashed. [Tennessean] East Tennessee is [...]
Bright & Early: Ebb And Flow Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee lawmakers are all about finding creative ways to boost revenue with the current state of the economy, and they’re now proposing a tax hike for tourists. The state’s hotel tax is nearly 17% already, which is one of the highest rates in the country. The new proposal would tack on an [...]
Bright & Early: Movin’ & Shakin’ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In a continuation of East Tennessee falling apart, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Maryville early this morning. Though no one was injured and no damages were reported, folks definitely felt it (and our favorite is the woman who assumed that her husband “had run into their house with his truck” because [...]
Happy Hour: Into The Dark
The Country Music Marathon is already breaking records with more than 30,000 folks registered to participate. [WTVF] State Senator Ophelia Ford may miss most or all of the current legislative session after she faced some complications with a recent surgery. This won’t be the first time it’s happened; she also missed most of 2007′s session [...]
Happy Hour: We’re All Just Bums
Opponents of selling wine in grocery stores are now proclaiming that if we change the law to allow this kind of sale, we’ll be plagued with an epidemic of “street drinkers” whose unconscious bodies we will have to clear out of our driveways before we go to work every morning. For the love of Shiraz, [...]
Bright & Early: Paper Trails Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Despite a major setback in court this week, the fight continues for the statewide implementation of voter-verified paper ballots. Under the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act, all voting machines statewide are supposed to make the switch to the more reliable paper ballots and advocacy group Common Cause tried to file an injunction this [...]
Happy Hour: Headhunters
Super-creepy tidbit of the day: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants hunters across the state to save them the heads of the squirrels and rabbits they kill so they can map the species distribution statewide. They’ll even come and pick them up if you just want to toss them in the fridge or freezer for [...]
Bright & Early: Our Own Prison Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Few things are spookier (or photogenic!) than an old abandoned state penitentiary, and as of this afternoon, we’ll have another one in our midst. The Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in East Tennessee, which has been housing some pretty nasty criminals (including MLK Jr.’s assassin James Early Ray) for 113 years, but will [...]
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