Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 6 | Friday, February 11, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former executives of a Hawaii-based defense contractor have been indicted on charges of funneling more than $200,000 in illegal donations to aid the reelection campaign of Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Former Navatek CEO Martin Kao and… Continue reading 3 defense contractors indicted for illegal contributions
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Bill banning ranked choice voting in Tennessee advances, even as advocates seek court relief on method
A group of Memphis residents this week filed a petition to review Tennessee’s ban on ranked choice voting, a locally approved method the state has repeatedly blocked Memphis from implementing. The petition, filed Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court, alleges Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins violated state law by finding ranked choice unlawful in Tennessee. The petition is the… Continue reading Bill banning ranked choice voting in Tennessee advances, even as advocates seek court relief on method
High court’s Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
VOL. 46 | NO. 5 | Friday, February 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election sparked fresh warnings Tuesday that the court is becoming too politicized, eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for… Continue reading High court’s Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
UPDATE: 2 candidates want to replace retiring juvenile court judge Donna Scott Davenport
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Google’s Q4 ad sales soar again, parent plans to split stock
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s digital advertising empire turned in another strong performance during the holiday shopping season, propelling a 36% increase in its corporate parent’s profit during the final three months of 2021. The results announced Tuesday underscore how technology… Continue reading Google’s Q4 ad sales soar again, parent plans to split stock
Waffle House shooting verdicts provide justice, but no relief from grief
It was the day to remember Joe Perez Jr., Taurean Sanderlin, Akilah DaSilva and DeEbony Groves. On Saturday, a Nashville jury handed down four life sentences to the man convicted of killing them and wounding several others in an early-morning massacre at an Antioch Waffle House in 2018. Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk commended the… Continue reading Waffle House shooting verdicts provide justice, but no relief from grief
Biden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee
VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is reaching out for Republican support for his eventual Supreme Court nominee, inviting the GOP’s top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House Tuesday along with the panel’s Democratic chairman and phoning Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for a… Continue reading Biden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee
Heated privacy vs. policing debate continues as license plate reader bill nears final vote
An embattled license plate reader bill that would green-light a six-month pilot of the law enforcement technology in Nashville is nearing its final vote. The bill will need 21 votes on Tuesday night to clear this last hurdle — something it narrowly achieved on its second reading earlier this month, passing 22-11 with two abstentions. Passage of… Continue reading Heated privacy vs. policing debate continues as license plate reader bill nears final vote
GOP-led Tennessee Senate expels Democrat convicted of fraud
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2022 NASHVILLE (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Democratic Sen. Katrina Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction, the first time the chamber has removed a senator since at least the Civil War. She angrily denounced… Continue reading GOP-led Tennessee Senate expels Democrat convicted of fraud
Waffle House shooting trial day 2: A Bible, a flashlight, silver bars and a loaded gun
The second day of the murder trial of Travis Reinking, the man accused in the 2018 Waffle House shooting that killed four, began on time. It was Reinking’s 33rd birthday. A jury of 14 — 12 women, two men, including alternates — heard harrowing testimony the previous day from half a dozen witnesses to the shooting… Continue reading Waffle House shooting trial day 2: A Bible, a flashlight, silver bars and a loaded gun