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Bright & Early: Up Up And Away Edition
Good morning, Nashville. You may have noticed the gas prices quietly crawling up over the past few weeks and as of this week, they’ve hit a 15-month high averaging $2.65 per gallon in the midstate. Experts say that it has a lot to do with this cold weather we’ve been seeing and the fact that [...]
Bright & Early: Discriminate Not Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The controversial non-discrimination measure passed Metro Council last night with a majority vote of 24 in favor, 15 against and one absent. The bill protects Nashville city workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Meanwhile, staffers on Capitol Hill sat through five hours of mandatory diversity training yesterday to [...]
Bright & Early: Shoot ‘Em Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As we mentioned yesterday, Murfreesboro, Clarksville, Brentwood, Williamson County and Goodlettsville have all opted out of the new state law that allows guns in public parks. Nashville’s Metro Council will be taking a look at its own opt-out ordinance at tonight’s meeting, or maybe not, because some council members are looking to [...]
Bright & Early: Partytime Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The sun is out, it might not even reach 90 degrees today, and it sounds like a perfect day for… another tea party? You may recall the one that drew a few thousand people back in April, and this one will probably attract some of the same folks. The place is Legislative [...]
Happy Hour: Buckle Up!
Today marks the beginning of Tennessee’s “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign, which means there will be extra cops hanging out everywhere and actually looking for people who aren’t wearing their seat belts. So, click it unless you’re dying to be pulled over. [WSMV]
The stimulus money will soon be paying for Oak Ridge [...]
All Prius Owners: To The Left, To The Left
Those smirking hybrid owners zipping around during the Great Gas Crisis Of Aught Eight, or when the Great Gas Prices Topped $5 In Aught Eight, may be a little less smirky now that gas prices have settled in under $2 for a little while. But fear not, oh smirking Prius driver – now you can [...]
Happy Hour: E Is For Emergency
Nashvillians are brilliant–our 911 dispatchers have so far gotten calls from people who are locked in their cars because they forgot to unlock the doors, people who can’t sleep, people whose cats won’t let them out of the bedroom, people who have lost their keys… if it isn’t an emergency, then don’t call! [WKRN]
Who wants [...]
Happy Hour: Fulmer Farewell Edition
Looks like the rumors are true: 15-year football coach Phillip Fulmer really is leaving UT. [WKRN]
Election Day rumors are running rampant, so be wary of anything you hear (like this one). You can always double-check information on the Election Commission website and contact them with any weird stuff that comes up. [WSMV]
A lot of things [...]
At Least We’re Not Stressed [Mixed Reviews]
It’s time for this week’s batch of Mixed Reviews By People Who Don’t Live Here, a welcome reprieve from the gas/no gas chatter. This week, we learn that Nashvillians are the 15th Most Attractive, but not as attractive as, say, Miami residents. Maybe our outstanding beauty is due to the fact that we did not [...]
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