Around 100 Nashville Catholics have been able to get tickets to see Pope Francis at the Capitol in Washington DC. Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday…
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How Many of the Refugees Are Actually Terrorists?
Tennessee will likely receive some of the 10,000 Syrian refugees that President Barack Obama says the U.S. will admit for resettlement over the next 12 months. The Tennessee Office for Refugees, based in Nashville, is waiting for more information on…
Read MoreLocal Rabbi Supports Scandal Plagued Abortion Provider
The oldest and largest Jewish congregation in Nashville has opened its synagogue to Planned Parenthood for its annual Middle Tennessee fundraiser. The women’s health non-profit — known in part as a provider of abortions — has struggled this year to…
Read MoreWilliamson County Still Fastest Growing in the State
The Nashville metro area gained an average of 96 residents every day from 2013 to 2014, according to a new batch of U.S. Census Bureau data. Dive in, and you discover that those population rankings are a fresh reminder than…
Read MoreNuclear Energy a Clean Power Option for the Future
A nuclear evolution is now occurring, in Tennessee. While it’s been a long and slow process, the Tennessee Valley Authority is moving closer to starting up one of its nuclear plants that it expects will displace coal and help curb…
Read MoreNashville Software School Doing Great Work
It was Brandon Lyons’ father who told him about the Nashville Software School. Lyons had been laid off from his job as a Tennessee Department of Child Services officer and needed work. Given his early interest in computers, his father…
Read MoreLegislature May Nullify Supreme Court on Gay Marriage
A crowd of 400 gathered at Legislative Plaza on Thursday for a “Religious Freedom Rally.” There were some nationally known names there, as well as two lawmakers who will offer a bill to render the recent Supreme Court decision for…
Read MoreTennessee One of the Least Happy States
A social media company today has deemed Tennessee the fifth “least happy” state after surveying more than two dozen rankings of the states that measure a broad spectrum of categories. And it didn’t have anything to do with that Oklahoma…
Read MoreState of TN Persecutes Whistleblower Who Uncovered Torture in Prisons
A state corrections employee was arrested by her own department. Some said she’s being targeted for whistle blowing. The state worker exposed the brutal beating of a correctional officer, but now she’s in trouble herself. Elaine Rollison was charged last…
Read MoreOverzealous Cop Threatens Local Mom With Jail for Littering
Littering in Tennessee is no laughing matter and has serious legal consequences, but should you go to court for tossing something as small as a cigarette butt out the window? One Antioch woman missed three days of work and spent…
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