Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 31 | Friday, August 5, 2022 NASHVILLE (AP) — Jason Martin, a Nashville doctor critical of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s hands-off approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, won the Democratic nomination for governor Friday and will face Lee in November. Martin, a first-time political candidate, defeated Memphis attorney and… Continue reading Doctor critical of lax COVID rules wins Democratic gubernatorial primary
Update to electors law desperately needed, senators declare
VOL. 46 | NO. 31 | Friday, August 5, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Joe Manchin made the case on Wednesday for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act, pushing for quick passage of a bipartisan compromise that would make it harder for a losing candidate to overturn legitimate results of… Continue reading Update to electors law desperately needed, senators declare
Trump White House lawyers subpoenaed by 1/6 probe grand jury
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 31 | Friday, August 5, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election has subpoenaed the White House counsel under then-President Donald Trump and his top deputy, according to a person familiar with the matter. The subpoenas… Continue reading Trump White House lawyers subpoenaed by 1/6 probe grand jury
Transgender child sues Tennessee, Williamson County school board over school bathroom law
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To replace, or retain? Here’s how to navigate all those questions about judges on Nashville’s ballot
Rachel IacovoneWPLN News Tennessee Supreme Court judges are included in the many judicial retention questions on the ballot. To retain, or replace: that is the question. Or, at least, it’s a question you’ll be greeted with more than 20 times when you go to vote. It’s a big ballot for judges this year —… Continue reading To replace, or retain? Here’s how to navigate all those questions about judges on Nashville’s ballot
Watching al-Qaida chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to his death
VOL. 46 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 29, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a U.S. drone ended Ayman al-Zawahri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaida. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. U.S. officials… Continue reading Watching al-Qaida chief’s ‘pattern of life’ key to his death
Biden nominates 3 for US attorney slots in Tennessee
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 29, 2022 NASHVILLE (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated three people to serve as U.S. attorneys in Tennessee. The White House says the nominees are Kevin G. Ritz in the Western District based in Memphis, Henry C. Leventis in the Middle District based… Continue reading Biden nominates 3 for US attorney slots in Tennessee
US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 30 | Friday, July 29, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House are set to exchange opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the U.S. seeks to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster. The case… Continue reading US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 Drugmaker Teva announced Tuesday that it has agreed to contribute more than $4.3 billion in cash and medications to settle lawsuits in the state and local governments and Native American tribes that claimed the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic. The… Continue reading Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally
Twitter sets September shareholder vote on Elon Musk buyout
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 29 | Friday, July 22, 2022 DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it is recommending shareholders vote… Continue reading Twitter sets September shareholder vote on Elon Musk buyout