As he heads back to prison, a Nashville man says 'goodbye' to the new life he hoped to build: bit.ly/2IK89YH
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- Standing in front of the Knoxville school she used to teach at, Rep. Gloria Johnson announced she is running for U.S. Senate. “I’m 6’3″. I’m not afraid to stand up to anyone when it comes to doing what’s right for Tennessee — especially Marsha Blackburn."
- NEW: A Nashville man was arrested this afternoon on federal charges related to the U.S. Capitol riot.
- Judge Donna Scott Davenport, who oversees Rutherford Co.’s juvenile court system, will no longer teach at @MTSU. She's come under national scrutiny for oversight of a system that'd been illegally arresting & detaining children for years. bit.ly/3mOgtaX
- Prince's Hot Chicken and @slimandhuskys will soon be the first Black businesses on Nashville’s famous lower Broadway. bit.ly/3c8WNuA
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center will become the 1st hospital system in the region to require COVID vaccination of employees, starting with those in leadership roles. bit.ly/3kZF9Or
- For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds of children. A new @serial & @nytimes series hosted by @meribah in partnership with @propublica reveals how this came to be and the adults responsible.#TheKidsOfRutherfordCounty wpln.org/post/hear-the-…
00:00 - Tennessee children were illegally jailed. Now members of Congress are asking for an investigation. Another followup to WPLN News and @ProPublica's report on Rutherford County's juvenile justice system from @meribah and @bykenarmstrong:
- Three Democratic lawmakers — @brotherjones_, @Justinjpearson and @VoteGloriaJ — have been removed from their committee assignments. WPLN's @BlaiseGainey reports this comes after they took part in gun control protests on the Tennessee House floor last week.
- A message from Nashville Public Radio President and CEO Steve Swenson
- Nashville's streets are about to get a lot more colorful. WPLN's @MariannaBac reports the city will be painting its first permanent rainbow crosswalk. It will cover the East Nashville intersection home to the Lipstick Lounge, the city’s only lesbian bar.
- Meharry Medical College, Nashville’s historically Black medical school, notified its students today that everyone will be receiving $10,000 in cash. bit.ly/3nI0a0Z
- Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced that the city will be suing the state over a new law that slashes the size of Metro Council. WPLN's @BlaiseGainey reports the suit alleges that the law's requirements violate several parts of the TN Constitution.
