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Bright & Early: We’re Running Out Of Ice Puns Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The weatherpeople continue to keep an eye on the big ice storm that will be rolling through the area later today, though (predictably!) it looks like we’ll be getting more un-frozen rain than anything here in Nashville while the worst of it will be passing to our north. The current forecast shows [...]
Bright & Early: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The TVA is starting up a new program in April to sell electricity to distributors at rates that vary throughout the day, meaning that once NES adopts the system, we could pay higher rates around peak hours during the day and lower rates at night. This system is intended to encourage us [...]
Happy Hour: Dream The Dream
Chris Johnson and the Titans finally worked enough of a deal out that he’ll actually be showing up to training camp next week (somebody pinch us, are we dreaming?) He did end up talking himself into a pay raise, but the rest of the terms are still a mystery. [City Paper] Speaking of, single game [...]
Bright & Early: The Best Policy Edition
Good morning, Nashville. State officials are starting to uncover cases of fraud related to flood assistance where people were collecting emergency food stamps and cash assistance when their houses or apartments never actually flooded. Since the pool of available assistance is stretched already, the fraud is hurtful enough that DHS is pulling out all the [...]
Bright & Early: Jumping For Joy Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday we heard the news that Tennessee would be raking in $500 million of new stimulus money to give a much-needed boost to the state’s struggling school systems. But how much is in it for Metro? Initial estimates are $24 million, and the catch is that none of the funds can be [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Where There’s Smoke Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running behind this morning, so you know the drill: A fuel tanker went up in flames this morning at a Raceway gas station in Donelson. The explosion,which left the 68-year old driver severely burned, sent flames shooting 30 feet into the air according to witnesses. [WSMV] The Tennessee Hospitality Association finally [...]
Happy Hour: Fish In A Barrel
Metro announced that they’ll probably be cutting 665 jobs from the school system at the end of the year, which should go a long way in closing the $35 million budget gap. Most of the jobs being cut are maintenance and custodial positions, which we guess means that everyone will be taking out their own [...]
Bright & Early: Raining On Our Parade Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We can’t help but get a little bit bitter about the buckets and buckets of rain that we’re getting, especially when it starts destroying our pumpkin crops. Reports from a few weeks ago said that the rain was actually helping stave off a pumpkin shortage, but now we’re learning that it’s reducing [...]
Bright & Early: Watch Where You Step Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We never thought that walking around in Nashville was a particularly dangerous thing, but a new report shows that we’re one of the least safe cities in America for pedestrians thanks to our bad drivers (and a little bit of jaywalking). Since January 2004, about 1,600 pedestrians have been hit by cars [...]
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