VOL. 45 | NO. 35 | Friday, August 27, 2021 The Center for Public Integrity Updated 7:24AM Nancy Campos‘ back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, had worked 13 days in a row without a lunch break, and… Continue reading USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds
Tennessee Valley Authority must pay nuclear company that pursued Memphis $22.9 million, judge rules
The years-long drama over an Alabama nuclear plant that has sent Memphis to the precipice of leaving the Tennessee Valley Authority appears to be over. A federal judge ruled Thursday that TVA does not need to sell the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama to a company known as Nuclear Development. However, TVA must pay the… Continue reading Tennessee Valley Authority must pay nuclear company that pursued Memphis $22.9 million, judge rules
Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters
VOL. 45 | NO. 35 | Friday, August 27, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 7:19AM It’s a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year’s… Continue reading Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters
Nashville attorney faces disbarment over ‘chilling’ threats and perjury, a state disciplinary panel recommends
A well-known local lawyer faces possible disbarment for “chilling” threats and perjury that led to a mother temporarily losing custody of her child, according to a recommendation from Tennessee’s lawyer accountability board. Nashville attorney Brian Manookian’s law license could be on the line based on new findings by the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility. A… Continue reading Nashville attorney faces disbarment over ‘chilling’ threats and perjury, a state disciplinary panel recommends
‘What are people going to do?’ Waverly residents try to stay hopeful in the face of a difficult future
WAVERLY, Tenn., — The people who lost everything line up before 7 a.m. at Mama’s Table to get an order of kindness. There isn’t much on the menu after the flood took 20 lives and so many dreams. You can get coffee or tea or just conversation and air conditioning. Inside, you can escape the smell of mildew, which seems… Continue reading ‘What are people going to do?’ Waverly residents try to stay hopeful in the face of a difficult future
Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton Jr., a Nashville Freedom Rider and civil rights advocate, has died
Ernest “Rip” Patton Jr., a Freedom Rider and early member of Nashville’s 1960s civil rights movement, has died. The death was confirmed Tuesday by Dorothy Walker, director of the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Ala., who developed a personal relationship with Patton over the past decade. Walker said Patton was a talented and devoted storyteller, pulling people… Continue reading Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton Jr., a Nashville Freedom Rider and civil rights advocate, has died
House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law
VOL. 45 | NO. 34 | Friday, August 20, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress in their quest to fight back against voting restrictions advanced in Republican-led… Continue reading House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law
Franklin among hottest ZIP codes in U.S.
VOL. 45 | NO. 34 | Friday, August 20, 2021 Franklin has been listed at No. 10 in the 2021 Hottest ZIPs in America, selling three times faster than last year’s list, the seventh annual Realtor.com Hottest ZIP codes Report finds. Among this year’s top 10, a few key factors are driving buyer demand, including… Continue reading Franklin among hottest ZIP codes in U.S.
Ex-Nissan exec Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial
VOL. 45 | NO. 34 | Friday, August 20, 2021 TOKYO (AP) — Nearly three years later, former Nissan executive Greg Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker’s corporate boardroom. Kelly, an American lawyer who worked for three decades… Continue reading Ex-Nissan exec Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial
San Francisco DA sues 3 California-based ‘ghost gun’ makers
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 34 | Friday, August 20, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s district attorney said Wednesday he is suing three California companies that make and distribute “ghost guns,” the untraceable, build-it-yourself weaponry that accounted for nearly half the firearms recovered in gun killings in the city last year.… Continue reading San Francisco DA sues 3 California-based ‘ghost gun’ makers