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Bright & Early: Twittering No More Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve been enjoying all the live-tweeting and Facebooking by some members of the Metro Council during meetings, you can consider it a thing of the past. The Council attorney warned the twittering council members that such use of social media to inform the public could be a violation of the open [...]
Happy Hour: It’s 4:20 Somewhere
A new bill is being introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would legalize medical marijuana for people with certain medical conditions for $60 per ounce. [WKRN]
In the wake of announcing more than 1,000 layoffs in the state government, Governor Phil says he considered shutting state offices down every other Friday and furloughing employees instead. [WTVF]
The [...]
Bright & Early: Why Not Wine Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The controversial issue of allowing wine to be sold in grocery stores is certainly not a new one, but lawmakers and advocates are taking a slightly different approach this year. The current bill moving through the legislature would give individual counties the opportunity to vote on the issue as early as August. [...]
Bright & Early: Getting Around Edition
Good morning, Nashville. More details about the big transit meeting are emerging and it turns out that city leaders are kicking around actual ideas for a light rail system sometime in the (probably distant) future. Though we know that this kind of talk makes the rounds at least once or twice a year, the Nashville [...]
Happy Hour: Sunny Side Up
We do a lot of hating on the TVA around here, but we’ve got nothing but love for the 200 care packages they put together for troops in Afghanistan. [WSMV]
And also, they bought some new wind(-energy). [WPLN]
It’s been so long that we almost forgot what it was like, but a large chunk of westbound I-440 [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Aftermath Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By now, we’re sure everyone has heard about the massive earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday. Eight Nashvillians were in Haiti doing mission work at the time and survived, notifying church members and friends back home by text message. Congressman Jim Cooper is working closely with the State Department to identify and locate [...]
Happy Hour: Look For The Warning Signs
All the water main breaks (a total of 60 so far) finally got to Metro Water Services, and this morning they announced that they’ll be replacing more than half of the city’s water infrastructure. [WKRN]
The demand for certain GM cars has seemingly risen and the automotive giant is now considering reopening a few plants to [...]
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