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Bright & Early: Hustle Back Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re not gonna lie: We were nearly convinced that football season wasn’t happening this year. However, the gates of the Baptist Sports Park swung wide open yesterday morning and many of our boys “shuffled” back into work after a 136-day vacation–or funemployment, if you will–following a new collective bargaining agreement reached between [...]
Bright & Early: Eat Out For Nashville Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Despite the economy swirling down the proverbial toilet in the past few years, Nashville’s restaurants have been doing remarkably well–better, in fact, than most other cities in the country. While the rest of America saw a net restaurant loss of 1%, we actually had a net gain of 0.5%. So, go us! [...]
Bright & Early: (Don’t) Light ‘Em Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The State of Tennessee is cracking down on its employees’ bad habits by charging them 50 bucks if they can’t quit smoking by October 1. The new mandate goes for all state employees and spouses who are covered under the state health insurance plan. And for those needing a little extra help [...]
Bright & Early: We Kind Of Hate April Fools Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville! Because we know that the internet is a virtual minefield of obnoxiousness on April Fools Day, we aim to provide a safe haven for you by not actually fooling you at all. That means no rickrolling, no flipping your page upside down (we’re looking at you, Youtube) no making up the news, [...]
Happy Hour: Why Not Wine?
State Sen. Doug Overbey (D-Maryville) is probably our hero. His bill that would allow us to cart lots of wine over the border is set to be voted on by the Senate on Monday. [WKRN] Four Tennessee veterans tested positive for Hepatitis B, and six for Hepatitis C after a couple of VA hospitals accidentally [...]
Bright & Early: Testing, Testing, 1-2-3 Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There isn’t a whole lot of good news coming out of Metro Nashville Public Schools these days, and we’re afraid the headlines this morning are no exception. We won’t know for sure if they’ve met federal No Child Left Behind benchmarks until standardized testing scores come back in the spring, but real-time [...]
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