NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville International Airport®’s new Concourse D has received the prestigious LEED Silver certification for sustainable design and construction—making it one of only nine newly constructed airport facilities in the world to attain this distinction under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) rigorous LEED v4 standards. With this certification, Concourse D becomes one of five LEED v4 Silver airport facilities in the nation and the first in Tennessee. “LEED certification is a coveted mark of environmental distinction and innovation,” said BNA® President and CEO Doug Kreulen. “We’re building not only a bigger airport, but also a better, ‘greener,’…
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By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — COVID-19 testing from mid-August to early December did little to stop a tidal wave of coronavirus from sweeping across Tennessee. By Christmas, Tennessee had the most infections per capita in the U.S., and on the national map, the state was colored a deep red. It still is red. Known cases are going up. The average number of new cases in Tennessee reached 6,166 on January 2, 2021, a 38 percent increase from the day before. Since January 2020, at least 1 in 12 people who live in Tennessee have been infected, and at least…
ORLANDO, FL — Okoye Morgan knew he wanted to be a lawyer in high school. After years of hard work and dedication, Morgan made his dream come true. Now, in his third year at Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, Morgan desires to give something back to the community. He gathered his thoughts of the importance of a legal education and wrote a children’s book called The Boy Who Went to Law School. “I wrote a book encouraging youth to enter into the legal profession,” said Morgan. “It is important to have a children’s book that represents people of…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) – TN Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty who both announced intentions to oppose the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election, reversed course Wednesday night and voted to certify the results. Both TN Senators also took to Twitter Wednesday to condemn the actions of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. “These actions at the US Capitol by protestors are truly despicable and unacceptable,” Blackburn said on her Twitter account. “While I am safe and sheltering in place, these protests are prohibiting us from doing our constitutional duty. I condemn them in the strongest…
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the U.S. Capitol while Congress was meeting to confirm the electoral college vote that will install President-elect Joe Biden into the White House have apparently breached the capitol building on Wednesday (Jan. 6), disrupting legislative procedures and causing chaos, safety issues and an evacuation. It is unclear if the protesters — who are bordering on domestic terrorism — are from an organized group or just random people, but what is clear is that they are determined to stop Biden from becoming president, believing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that massive voter fraud was the reason…
By The Associated Press Protesters backing President Donald Trump have breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Trump urged his supporters to come to Washington to protest Congress’ formal approval of Biden’s win. Several Republican lawmakers have backed his calls, despite there being no evidence of fraud or wrongdoing in the election. Protesters are now inside the Senate chamber. One got up on the dais and yelled “Trump won that election.” Several dozen are roaming through the halls, yelling, “Where are they?” Some were also in the…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The Democrats won both Senate races in Georgia last week. Those victories have flipped the U.S. Senate from red to blue. Although both parties have 50 senators, Vice President Kamala Harris breaks all ties votes. And that means Democrats will now control both houses of Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade. Rev. Raphael Warnock won his runoff against Kelly Loeffler by 50.7% to 49.3%, becoming the first Black to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Warnock’s opponent was a Trump loyalist, who was appointed in 2019, and in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday. In picking Garland, Biden is turning to an experienced judge who held senior positions at the Justice Department decades ago, including as a supervisor of the prosecution of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The pick will force Senate Republicans to contend with the nomination of someone they spurned in 2016 — refusing even to hold hearings when a…
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It was a stinging rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump, who made one of his final trips in office to Georgia to rally his loyal base behind the state’s Republican candidates. In an emotional address early Wednesday, he vowed to work for all Georgians…
Submitted by American Baptist College NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Susie McClure celebrated her 105th birthday on December 5, 2020. This lady of note is a hard-working, intelligent, soft-spoken Woman of God , and has been a stalwart in the community for years. In 2019, she was the recipient of the American Baptist College Nannie Helen Burroughs Lifetime Achievement Award. For most of her adult life, she has been a consistent contributor to the College. Additionally, she served on the Board of Trustees and the library on campus is named in her honor. “It is our pleasure to recognize the long…