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Legislature Passes Coronavirus Bills Despite Concerns

At the end of a special legislative session, lawmakers in Tennessee passed a set of bills. They also limited the coronavirus authorities of private businesses and local governments, allowed elections of partisan school boards and warned Glenn Funk, Davison County’s District Attorney. The Tennessee Legislature used its preferred secrecy measures as it debated the draft...

Parler To Bring Its Head Office To Nashville

Social networking company Parler is moving its main office to an unknown place in Nashville city. For the uninitiated, Parler is a social media brand that has turned into a popular product among conservative users who seek less regulation over the content they can publish. It is unclear whether Parler will make the move to...

Employee Accuses Ramsey Solutions Of Firing Her For Being A Lesbian

Julie Anne Stamps used to work as a successful customer care executive for Ramsey Solutions as she started reconciling herself to her sexuality. Back then, Stamps was married, but she stated that she had been struggling with her sexual identity since her middle school days. In the past, she was prepared to live more...

What To Watch In This Nashville Film Fest

The 2021 Nashville Film Festival marks the partial return of the event in its traditional form after the 2020 edition went down the virtual route. The 2021 NashFilm will ditch the conventional one-theater arrangement with screenings at the Rocketown, Marathon Music Works, the Belcourt Theatre, and a Belmont University venue. Many of the movies...

David Bruckner’s Horror Film Now Playing In Nashville

Ever since Disney acquired Twentieth Century Fox, it has been releasing some quality fantasy and horror movies in an untimely manner in the last 16 months. The untimeliness is now a source of dismay for film lovers and industry people. David Prior’s The Empty Man should have come out before it eventually did, and...

Two Eateries Set To Open In Nashville’s 12 South

People travel to and fro the 12 South stretch in Nashville at slow speeds on weekends, thus preventing others from reaching Publix. Are you one of those people? If so, you might have been monitoring two major eatery developments to the north of the well-known commercial district. The first eatery to open its doors to...

Tennessee AG Questions The Legality Of Biden’s Vaccine Order

Tennessee’s Attorney General (AG) Herbert Slatery opposed the proposed vaccine ordinance of President Joe Biden. In a letter he wrote to the Joe Biden administration, Slatery questioned the legal status of the government policy. Earlier in September 2021, Biden made vaccination ordinances for federal employees and as a new requirement that every company with over...

Democrats Who Are In Tennessee’s Gubernatorial Race

Local democrats running for office Tennessee

Lately, three Democrats announced that they would compete in the state’s 2022 gubernatorial election. One of them, physician Jason Martin, announced his plan from Nashville General Hospital after establishing a new exploratory committee. The other gubernatorial candidate is Casey Nicholson, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’s Ministry Council member. When announcing their electoral campaigns, Nicholson and...

Nashville Artist Ross Norton Is No More

The hip-hop music scene of Nashville is grieving the death of Ross Norton. Also known as kidDEAD, Norton was a beloved MC, concert performer and music video director. The reason for the death of the 36-year-old has not been made public as yet. There is much attention on the music scene of the US city....

New Nashville Park’s Initial Plans Make Some Optimistic, Others Fearful

Park construction in Nashville sparks optimism and concern for homeless

The construction of a spacious park around downtown on Cumberland riverbanks is in the works. While some people view the Wharf Park plan as a reason for joy, others have concerns over it. Parks and recreation proponents, particularly those who are affiliated with the city’s rowing scene, feel enthusiastic regarding the plan for the...

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