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Video: Goodbye, Governor Phil [Comings & Goings]
As you’re probably aware, today’s inauguration of Tennessee’s new governor Bill Haslam is taking center stage in Nashville, and rightfully so. But we couldn’t let Governor Bredesen go without one last goodbye, so we scraped together our best video editing skills (we think you’ll be impressed. Really.) and created a tribute to good ol’ Phil. [...]
Happy Hour: Smooth Sailing
About 8,500 people were stuck without power in Franklin this afternoon after a bird got into a fight with a substation and lost. [WSMV] Following some controversy about a certain per diem pay raise granted to our beloved state lawmakers, Rep. Judy Barker became the first one to actually turn it down. [WTVF] Governor Phil [...]
Happy Hour: Sully’s (Still) In The House
We’re hearing reports from our more hockey-savvy friends that Steve Sullivan just inked a new 2-year deal with the Preds. As you can see from his joyous tweet above, the fans aren’t the only ones excited about it. [The Twitter Tubes] An Indiana theme park called Holiday World donated 37,000 pounds of food to Second [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: The Way Of The Buffalo Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running a little late this morning, so here’s your abbreviated Bright & Early: The big news from the Capitol this morning is that the House and Senate have agreed on a $29.6 million budget and sent it to Governor Phil for consideration. [WTVF] Pith peels back a few layers of the [...]
Happy Hour: If You Can’t Say Something Nice
Budget talks in the state legislature are getting a little nasty after the Republicans made some amendments to Governor Phil’s budget and he referred to them as “stupid.” [Tennessean] Archaeologists out in Franklin are still digging away for more bones since they found that one Civil War soldier back in May. So far, they haven’t [...]
Bright & Early: Haters To The Left Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been hearing a lot about all the state budget cuts (and local budget cuts, and school budget cuts…), but Governor Phil doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence by asserting that “it’s not like we’re slashing state government into ribbons,” and inviting us all to “blame it all on Bredesen” before we’ve even [...]
Bright & Early: Ghost Town Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After a long weekend of waiting, the 2,500 employees at the Spring Hill GM plant were told this morning that the plant will be halting production indefinitely as a part of the company’s restructuring. GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning, and although that probably doesn’t come as much of [...]
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