Washington, D.C. has a higher percentage of Black residents than any state in the country, and they have no voting representation in Congress. This is systemic racism in action. It is long past time to give Washington’s 712,000 residents the representation they deserve by making D.C. our 51st state. It is shameful that people who live in the nation’s capital have no say in Congress. And it is unacceptable that local laws and budgets passed by D.C. elected officials can be overturned by members of Congress who decide to meddle in local decision-making. That explains why Washington, D.C.’s license plates…
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NASHVILLE – Marking a new phase of expansion, Nashville International Airport® this week announced plans for a free-standing satellite concourse near the main terminal to provide more gates to accommodate anticipated growth of air travel demand in Middle Tennessee. In addition to meeting the needs of incremental passenger growth post-pandemic, the availability of the new satellite concourse will enable construction of an expanded Concourse A in the future. The airport’s fifth major concourse is slated to open in late 2023, along with several other projects under way with the airport’s ongoing BNA® Vision expansion and renovation plan. At its monthly meeting today, the Metropolitan Nashville…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The nonprofit Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will present Walk Together Children: The 150th Anniversary of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a performance film featuring the multi-award-winning and world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers®, for free to student audiences April 29 – May 14 as part of its annual Season for Young People. Created in collaboration with Musical Director Dr. Paul T. Kwami and producer/director Jon Royal, the film also will be available to the public for $20 via Vimeo On Demand during the same time with proceeds split between TPAC’s nonprofit mission and the Fisk Jubilee Singers Endowed Scholarship…
(Media, PA) Anchor Health Properties (Anchor), a national full service healthcare real estate development, management, and investment company focused exclusively on healthcare facilities, has recently closed on the acquisition of two Class A clinical medical office buildings totaling 106,969 square foot portfolio located in the Wolf River / Germantown submarket of Memphis, Tennessee. The properties were acquired through a joint venture between its newly launched comanaged equity fund, Chestnut Healthcare Fund II, and institutional equity partner, The Carlyle Group by way of Carlyle Property Investors, a fund focused on U.S. core plus real estate investments. 7205 Wolf River Boulevard and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – TN Tribune – Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced today that they have entered into agreements with Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehensive Pain Specialists (“CPS”), its four majority owners, Dr. Peter B. Kroll, Dr. Steven R. Dickerson, Dr. Gilberto A. Carrero, and Dr. Richard J. Muench (collectively, the “Owners”), and Russell S. Smith, D.C. – a former CPS executive – whereby they agreed to pay a total of $4,121,663.94 to settle all claims by the United States and Tennessee involving allegations of wrongdoing at CPS. CPS, which was based in…
Memphis, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded a team of UTHSC researchers $1.99 million for their work to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and related complications. Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the General Clinical Research Center, is a principal investigator, along with Nawajes Mandal, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Their project is titled “Ceramides and Sphingolipids as Predictors of Incident Dysglycemia.” Dr. Dagogo-Jack is a leading clinical researcher and an expert on diabetes and…
NASHVILLE, TN — Vivian Wilhoite, Davidson County Assessor of Property, and the Office of the Assessments will provide Davidson County property owners their new market values resulting from the 2021 Reappraisal. Assessor Wilhoite says “Nashville-Davidson County’s growth is once again significant. Since our last reappraisal, like you, my amazing staff and I have had a front seat to witnessing the real estate boom occurring in our county.” Wilhoite goes on to say, “Property owners’ new market values will be mailed to them on April 23, 2021 and also be available on-line beginning at 10 am on that same day.” Assessor…
“If you’ve got the book, the film will follow.” This was the expert advice given to Denise E. Jacobs that started her on the road to becoming an author. The former Metfilm School screenwriting student is a woman on a mission, she has a story to tell and is determined not to take ‘no’ for an answer. Red Amaryllis was published just last week, and Denise has secured both UK and British distributers… and her next task is to crack on with the screenplay. By Jacobs’s own admission, her story is huge. She describes it as a ‘mega’ story, and…
FRANKLIN, TN — The Franklin Justice & Equity Coalition (FJEC) is proud to partner with the Fuller Story and the City of Franklin to make history as we unveil and dedicate a bronze statue of a United States Colored Troops soldier in front of the Historic Courthouse for the final phase of the Fuller Story initiative on Saturday, June 19th. History will also be made as the city comes together to celebrate Juneteenth with a gala and community awards ceremony at the Eastern Flank the night before the inaugural festival on the Franklin Public Square. The Franklin Justice & Equity Coalition…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tuskegee University was the victor over Lane College in the first Music City Diamond Classic on Saturday, April 17 and 18 at First Horizon Park. Fans had to wear face masks and were seated in pods of 2, 4 or 6 for the games. The HBCUs played one baseball game on Saturday which was won by the Lane College Dragons and a double header on Sunday, both games won by the Tuskegee Golden Tigers. The event was a fundraiser for both schools.