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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to step down, giving Biden a chance to make his mark
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Nashville’s police oversight agency says an officer who shot and injured a man in 2020 violated policy |
Oversight investigators believe a Nashville officer who shot an injured a man in 2020 violated department policy. Tony GonzalezWPLN News (File) The civilian-run agency that oversees the Metro Nashville Police Department has completed its first investigation into a police shooting and is weighing punishment for the officer who fired. The Community Oversight Board will discuss… Continue reading Nashville’s police oversight agency says an officer who shot and injured a man in 2020 violated policy |
Jury selection begins in mass murder trial from 2018 Waffle House shooting
Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with fatally shooting four people and injuring others at a Nashville Waffle House nearly four years ago. Travis Reinking, 32, faces multiple murder charges in the April 22, 2018 early morning shooting at the restaurant in Antioch. Reinking, who has been in custody since his April… Continue reading Jury selection begins in mass murder trial from 2018 Waffle House shooting
Ethics office says Reps. Newman, Lamborn may have broken law
VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional ethics watchdog has concluded that U.S. Reps. Marie Newman of Illinois and Doug Lamborn of Colorado may have violated federal law, prompting reviews from the House Ethics Committee. Separate investigative reports from the Office of Congressional Ethics released Monday detailed… Continue reading Ethics office says Reps. Newman, Lamborn may have broken law
Tennessee agrees to release $1.5 million taxpayer-funded McKinsey & Co. report following lawsuit
After months of shielding a $1.5 million taxpayer-funded report from the public, Tennessee has agreed to release the public record rather than fight a lawsuit from a state employee. The decision came days before state attorneys were due in Davidson County Chancery Court on Tuesday for a show cause hearing in the lawsuit, filed by Thomas Wesley… Continue reading Tennessee agrees to release $1.5 million taxpayer-funded McKinsey & Co. report following lawsuit
Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups. |
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin Fossil Plant, which is about 30 miles east of Nashville, has an unlined coal ash pit. This site had 16 pollutants, including heavy metals like arsenic and cobalt, in nearby groundwater above EPA maximum levels in 2018. Courtesy Southern Environmental Law Center In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil… Continue reading Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups. |
Judges didn’t consider ‘wisdom’ of deporting Novak Djokovic
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three Australian Federal Court judges on Thursday revealed their reasons for backing a government order to deport tennis star Novak Djokovic, explaining they did not consider the “merits or wisdom of the decision.” The judges on Sunday unanimously… Continue reading Judges didn’t consider ‘wisdom’ of deporting Novak Djokovic
Merritt, Franklin native and circuit court judge, dies
Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., 86, a father, grandfather, friend and federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Court for 44 years, died on Monday. It was his 86th birthday, and the cause of death was prostate cancer. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated Merritt, who had served as U.S.… Continue reading Merritt, Franklin native and circuit court judge, dies
Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents
VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The justices on Wednesday rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from… Continue reading Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents