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News: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered four men to be executed before the end of this year, setting up the return of the state’s death penalty after five years without an execution. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/t...

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Lee Beaman owns the house ...

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Helpful round up of all of the housing and zoning bills in Tennessee’s legislature this year by @stelliott.bsky.social nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/27/t...

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Nashville General Hospital CEO Joseph Webb submitted his resignation to the Hospital Authority Board on Wednesday, a day before the board was set to determine his future with the safety net hospital. @nashvillebanner.bsky.social

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TDOT has published a lengthy community engagement report on the I-24 toll lane project www.tn.gov/tdot/project...

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New investigation report just went out to hospital board members ahead of their discussion later today on future of CEO Joseph Webb. -$4.6M worth of contracts left out of the board approval process -signatures and dates falsified on contracts requested by media drive.google.com/file/d/1SJuB...

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A debate over whether to build a new Nashville General Hospital has been revived in recent months. Leaders from the hospital, Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office, the Metro Council and Meharry Medical College are now working to answer questions that could produce a definitive plan one way or another.

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Some news at @nashvillebanner.bsky.social: Another warden at a Tennessee prison run by CoreCivic has been removed from their job with no public explanation. nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/25/c...

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An update on the Meharry-Nashville General Hospital situation: -NGH lobbyist Jerry Maynard bashing the hospital’s board -NGH audit so late that the full city financial report to the state was late -Mayor meeting privately with all hospital board members -NGH no longer laser-focused on Metrocenter

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There’s an extremely graphic 4K segment about the cicadas in that new Tom Hanks Planet Earth-type show

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remember The Great Nashville Bodega Debate of 2019?

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Exciting stuff: A media company in East Tennessee (including the Johnson City and Kingsport newspapers) is hiring a reporter in Nashville to cover the Tennessee legislature. www.journalismjobs.com/1689782-stat...

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We've got something of an unplanned series of stories at @nashvillebanner.bsky.social this month: I wrote about the Nashville police department's ongoing struggle to fill all of the officer positions they're budgeted for. nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/13/m...

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The Grand Ole Opry is in the middle of a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the country music institution, while a humble, mostly forgotten piece of its history is at risk of being torn down.

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Mayor Freddie O'Connell got asked about running for governor (or something in DC) on WPLN's This is Nashville today. "Definitively no," he says.

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I didn't circulate this earlier because I really wanted to win one of the rugs, but this estate sale for Nashville medical pioneer (news.vumc.org/2024/07/01/v...) Mildred Stahlman had some fascinating local artifacts: www.mclemoreauction.com/auction/bren...

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Good one from @iamstevenhale.bsky.social on Middle Tennessee’s accidental US attorney

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This was sandwiched between questions about Iran Contra 🤦‍♂️

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In a shortened meeting on Tuesday, the Metro Council continued its debate about the use of Fusus, a police surveillance technology, and kicked off discussion about folding the Metro Historic Zoning Commission and the Metro Historical Commission under the authority of the Metro Planning Commission.

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It’s been nearly a month since a student opened fire at Antioch High School. Since then, there have been rallies, volunteer drives and efforts to increase security in MNPS high schools. The Banner spoke to students who say these efforts are still not enough to make them feel safe again.

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Here’s the latest on the Metro Historic Zoning Commission audit, and potential legislation to move MHZC into the Planning Department. The bill from @emilyfor7.bsky.social will go before Metro Council tonight.

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They should invent a coffee shop that doesn’t make you smell like burnt cheese for the rest of the day

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Some bits and bobs ahead of tonight

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There’s a RaMell Ross (director of Nickel Boys and Hale County This Morning, This Evening) photography/mixed media exhibit at the Sewanee art gallery through March. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.

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I feel like Maynard’s six-figure lobbying/PR contract with Nashville General might be a more relevant descriptor in this context than “pastor.”

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Metro officials reopened Brookmeade Park in West Nashville during a ceremony at the park’s entrance Thursday. This marked a new chapter for the city facility, which attracted boisterous public attention after community members demanded the closure of a long-established homeless encampment there.

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Tennessee education officials breathe a sigh of relief:

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From the Banner's morning newsletter: nashvillebanner.com/newsletter/m... @connordaryani.bsky.social @nashvillebanner.bsky.social

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Big increase in hotel room supply has not tamped down on Nashville short term rental market yet.

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Some news: The warden at CoreCivic’s Trousdale Turner Correctional Center has been placed on administrative leave amid the federal investigation into conditions at the prison. The company confirmed that to me, but won't say why. nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/11/t...

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