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NASHVILLE – Two more Nashville International Airport® facilities have earned prestigious recognition, this time from Associated General Contractors of Tennessee – Middle Tennessee Chapter. The airport’s Terminal Garage 1 and Airport Administrative Building received a prestigious Award of Excellence at the AGC Build Tennessee Awards this week, ranking them among the state’s most noteworthy construction projects. Additionally, the general contractor for both facilities, Messer Construction, received AGC of Tennessee’s General Contractor of the Year Award. Terminal Garage 1 and the Airport Administrative Building are key components of the airport’s $1.4 billion expansion and renovation plan known as BNA® Vision. The Associated General Contractors of…

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Tax season started January 24th and the IRS has had 13 million to date filed tax returns. The IRS is asking taxpayers to get their tax returns in as soon as possible. They are estimating a 21 day refund disbursement after e-filing, but how can this be true when nearly 24 million taxpayers have been waiting months for the past two years for refunds! To help speed up the process the IRS has created a new “surge team” to help with the massive backlog of unprocessed tax returns and refunds. The pandemic, budget cuts, employee shortage and outdated computer processing equipment…

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If you find daily tasks difficult to do because you suffer from stiffness, swelling, or pain in your hands, the right exercises can help get you back in motion. Therapists usually suggest specific hand exercises depending on the condition. Some help increase a joint’s range of motion or lengthen the muscle and tendons via stretching. Other exercises strengthen muscles around a joint to generate more power or to build greater endurance. Get your copy of Healthy Hands: Strategies for strong, pain-free hands Healthy Hands: Strategies for strong,pain-free hands Beneath the skin, your hands are an intricate architecture of tendons, joints,…

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Two Packages Up for Bid; all Proceeds to Benefit Stapleton’s Charity Outlaw State of Kind FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY (March 3, 2022) – In honor of the 125th passing of the Bottled in Bond Act today, Buffalo Trace Distillery raises a glass to salute E. H. Taylor, Jr. with a commemorative single barrel release hand selected by Grammy Award Winner Chris Stapleton. The Bottled in Bond Act, which was passed on March 3,1897, guaranteed the integrity of the whiskey to the American consumer, and among other things, guarantees only water can be added to the whiskey. The joining of two…

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Prince Joel and Princess Ariana spoke to Insider about their relationship.Joel said people have mixed reactions to him being a prince but Ariana had a “sense of seriousness.”Meet other royals from around the world by reading more of Insider’s Royally Told profiles. Prince Joel and Princess Ariana’s love story is well-known to royal watchers. When the couple wed in 2017, multiple news outlets including The New York Times reported that American-born Ariana didn’t know Joel was an Ethiopian prince when they first met at a Washington D.C. nightclub. As someone who interviews royals for a living, I’m used to hearing stories like Joel and Ariana’s.…

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President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a seat on the high court bench. At a formal White House ceremony Friday afternoon, Biden said, “it is my honor to introduce to the country a daughter of former public school teachers, a proven consensus builder, an accomplished lawyer, a distinguished jurist, one of the most — on one of the nation’s most prestigious courts.” Jackson, in turn, said she was “truly humbled” by “the extraordinary honor” and gave credit to “the grace of…

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Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)– Today, the family and friends announced the passing of Marilyn Robinson after a brief illness. A Memphis native, Marilyn called Nashville home for nearly 40 years. She relocated to Nashville in 1984 to work for the Nashville Minority Business Development Center , where she served as executive director. She was a tireless fighter for business equity and equality in every aspect of local, state and federal government agencies and contracting. Marilyn supported countless business owners in their journeys to scale their companies, create jobs, and generate wealth. She operated the One Fund, which provided small and minority…

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NASHVILLE, TENN. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.  “President Biden’s announcement just days after an unprovoked full scale invasion by Russia is extremely inappropriate,” said Senator Blackburn. “Once again, Biden is putting the demands of the radical progressive left ahead of what is best for our nation. It is an attempt to hide that for over three months Biden refused to levy sanctions against Russia or send military assistance to Ukraine. However, I cannot hold President Biden’s failure to…

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By Scott Broden, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal  Juvenile court judge Donna Scott Davenport, one of the last elected leaders still in office after being tied to Rutherford County’s decades-long history of illegally arresting and jailing children, announced Tuesday afternoon she won’t seek re-election later this year. Davenport said she will retire after completing her eight-year term by Aug. 31. The announcement came one day after Democratic Party lawmakers in the Tennessee General Assembly said they were seeking legislation to oust Davenport. Kyle Mothershead, who represented plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit settled in December, said the county illegally arrested and incarcerated children before Davenport came to office in 2000.…

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Best known for playing fan-favorite ‘Tyreese’ in the wildly popular, Golden Globe-nominated AMC series “The Walking Dead,” “Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise” in Emmy® award-nominated HBO drama series “The Wire,” and his memorable recurring role as ‘Z’ from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” critically-acclaimed television, film and stage actor Chad L. Coleman currently stars as ‘Klyden’ in Seth MacFarlane’s hour-long hit comedy “The Orville.” Coleman’s next big project is his very own podcast titled HUMBLE HOLLYWOOD Podcast w/ Chad. Humble Hollywood is a cross between podcasts “Stuff You Should Know” and “People Everyday,” with a Chad L. Coleman ‘raise the roof’ spin…

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