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Bright & Early: Elephants In The Room Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After firing their CEO and being sued by one of the original founders, the Hohenwald Elephant Sanctuary is hoping to get a fresh start and take on a bigger role of educating the public about elephants. Located about 80 miles southwest of here, they take in old, sick or injured elephants from [...]
Bright & Early: The Sun Also Rises Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of the headlines this morning, you would think that nothing else is going on in the world besides the Titans kicking Jeff Fisher to the curb. Nevertheless, the federal government has ruled that Metro Schools must allow students in underperforming schools to transfer to better ones. Though this is [...]
Bright & Early: Blah Blah Blah Snow Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re very sorry to do this to you two days in a row, but here is your abbreviated sprint through the morning news: Snow! The latest models show us in either 1-3″ or 2-4″, depending on who you ask. Let’s just say we wouldn’t write off the possibility of another snow day [...]
Happy Hour: Some Children Left Behind
Welp, the report cards are out and Metro failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. But! But. They were granted a special natural disaster waiver because of the flood and won’t face any major consequences. [City Paper] Williamson County Schools, however, did swimmingly as usual. [Tennessean] The other tidbit to come [...]
Happy Hour: The Sky Is A Void
Governator-to-be Bill Haslam said his goodbyes to the fine people of Knoxville today, saying that it’s the best job he ever had. We hope he likes this next gig too, as it is sort of an important one! He’s due to be sworn in on January 15th. [KnoxNews] Speaking of folks getting sworn in, our [...]
Bright & Early: A Drop In The Bucket Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee schools will have to wait a little while longer to find out if their standardized testing results were up to par with No Child Left Behind standards. Though they would typically know by now, the state recently did a massive overhaul of testing and scoring procedures because they believed the tests [...]
Bright & Early: The Recession Lives On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As part of a last-ditch effort to salvage some jobs within Metro, the city council will be going back over some budget revisions tonight that will hopefully save 17 positions. In order to come up with the extra money, the proposed amendments would shave off some funds from the Convention & Visitors [...]
Bright & Early: We’ve Got Issues Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Over the past few months, we’ve been following the story of three VA hospitals, including one in Murfreesboro, that may have infected dozens of veterans with HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C through the use of contaminated medical equipment. VA officials are slated to testify at a congressional hearing in DC in [...]
Bright & Early: Summertime Rolls Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Today is the last day of school for Metro students, and although we’re not sure we’re ready for them to be running loose and stealing our lawn ornaments all summer, we can certainly remember the importance of this sacred day for the kiddos. And hey, a few less buses and 15 mph [...]
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