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Bright & Early: Middle Ground Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Metro Transit Association has narrowly avoided a potentially disastrous bus strike after reaching an agreement with Nashville bus drivers. In recent weeks, drivers have been threatening to strike over a change in contract that would allow MTA to fire them after eight unplanned absences. They initially implemented this rule because they [...]
Bright & Early: Throwing The Book Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Nashville Public Schools released enrollment data this week that demonstrated that their rezoning plan, which has drawn quite a bit of fire from civil rights groups like the NAACP, has actually reduced the number of single-minority schools in the system. The overarching complaint about the changes has been that it promoted [...]
Bright & Early: Amnesty For All Of Us Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you’re one of the folks who have helped rack up Nashville’s $26 million in unpaid traffic fines over the years, you might be in luck. Councilman Eric Crafton is proposing an amnesty program for anyone with minor violations in 2006, 2007, or 2008 who hasn’t paid their ticket(s) which would allow [...]
Happy Hour: Dodge That Bullet
Hooray! Metro Schools got their test results back and they did well enough that Mayor Dean is off the hook for taking over the school system. Though they didn’t “technically” meet the benchmarks, they improved enough that they’re in the clear for now. [Tennessean]
Nashville was chosen as one of the eight cities participating in the [...]
Bright & Early: Slow Clap For TDOT Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We have a Very Important Announcement to make: The mobile home has been cleared from I-40, finally, approximately 36 hours after getting wedged under the Elm Hill Pike overpass. What you see above is a TDOT traffic map with no “Incident” marker at exit 216, which is something we haven’t seen since [...]
Bright & Early: Nashville Lovin’ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Last night was a great night for all the Preds fans out there with Steve Sullivan taking home the Bill Masterton trophy for dedication, sportsmanship, and perseverence. Sully made quite a comeback this year after missing two years because of a back injury that required two separate surgeries, racking up 32 points [...]
Happy Hour: Line In The Sand
Back during the summer, rehab facility Teen Challenge sued Metro for unfairly rezoning the property they were on and forcing them to shut their doors. Now the two parties have reached a settlement and hopefully Metro won’t pull a stunt like that again. [City Paper]
A Memphis senator filed a bill today that would effectively ban [...]
Bright & Early: What Recession? Edition
Good morning, Nashville. So we hear the recession is official, eh? Here on the home front, the number of Tennesseans living on food stamps has jumped almost 10% since January. Unemployment claims have also skyrocketed and are more than seven times what they were at this time last year. Meanwhile, our stores are closing and [...]
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