By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN —After throwing Washington into chaos for several days by refusing to sign a $900 billion stimulus package, President Trump abruptly signed the deal on Sunday from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Had he not done so, the federal government would have shut down Tuesday, December 29. The stimulus package will fund government operations through September 2021. Trump wanted Congress to make a number of changes, including doubling one-time $600 payments to most Americans, something his own party opposed, but in the end he signed the package and then demanded Congress cut a number of things…
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Trailblazing Pentecostal Pastor, Scholar, Author, Was Founder of Detroit’s Abyssinia Christ Centered Ministries DETROIT, MI — Prayers and condolences surround the sad news that Her Grace Bishop Dr. Iona E. Locke, founder of Abyssinia Christ Centered Ministries and a Presiding Prelate of the Christ Centered Ministries Assembly, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020, released in a statement by Gwendolyn Quinn, public relations professional, on behalf of Bishop Locke’s family. The much-beloved and renowned pastor was noted for her dedication to the Word, devotion to the global community, her powerfully anointed preaching, and her influential teachings and recordings. Bishop Locke’s…
A federal judge in Georgia on Monday ordered two counties to reverse a decision removing more than 4,000 voters from the rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. The judge, Leslie Abrams Gardner — the sister of former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a prominent ally of President-elect Joe Biden who has led voter registration efforts across the state — concluded that the counties appeared to have improperly relied on unverified change-of-address data to invalidate registrations in the two counties. The bulk of the registrations that the counties sought to rescind, more…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — You might have noticed a new commercial airing on News Channel 3, featuring classic Memphis dancing and a public health message. But there’s more good coming out of it as well. It’s also putting people back to work. The Memphis and Shelby County Film and TV Commission, like so many other nonprofits, got CARES Act funding from the city this year. But to use it they had to do something related to the pandemic, so they got creative. Memphis jookin — and reminders to socially distance and mask up — take center stage in the new commercial.…
(CNN) Rev. Josh Saefkow walked across the stage before his congregation at Flat Creek Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, holding up the front page of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The pastor, an avid news reader, had been saving the paper through 2020, to urge reflection in his final Sunday sermon of the year. “What a devastating year this has been,” he said, then turned to 2021. “We got a little election coming up,” said Saefkow, referring to the January 5 Senate runoffs. Quiet laughter rippled through the pews, as few have been unable to escape the…
British singer Petula Clark is speaking out about the use of her 1964 song “Downtown” during the Christmas Day bombing that destroyed dozens of business in downtown Nashville. Clark, 88, says she was first shocked at the news of the explosion on Second Avenue in the heart of the city’s entertainment district. Officer James Luellen said he heard a song began to play from the RV and recalled some of the lyrics he heard. “What I remembered was ‘Downtown where the lights shined bright,’” Luellen said during a press conference.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked the effort to quickly pass a measure to increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), attempted to pass the change to the spending bill through a unanimous consent request on the Senate floor. The House passed the increase to stimulus payments earlier in the week with wide bipartisan support. Democratic leaders have cited President Donald Trump’s criticism of the $600 payments as too low and the GOP President’s push to increase the stimulus checks in their effort to pass the change through the Senate.
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and her allies have attacked Black liberation theology and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s faith throughout the Georgia Senate runoff. In response, 13,292 people of faith and 45 faith-based organizations have released a letter calling these attacks an immoral, dangerous attempt to hijack religion for political gain. The letter states in part, “As people and organizations of faith, we applaud the Rev. Raphael Warnock for preaching our shared values of nonviolence, righteousness and justice in the prophetic tradition of the Black church, following in the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Secretary of State’s downtown Nashville offices will remain closed on Tuesday due to several state building closures in Davidson County from technology outages. Customers can continue to contact divisions by phone or email during business hours. The Secretary of State’s divisions include: Administrative Procedures (615) 741-7008 Administrative.Procedures@tn.gov Business Services (615) 741-2286 TNSOS.CORPINFO@tn.gov Charitable Solicitations and Gaming (615) 741-2555 Charitable.Solicitations@tn.gov Elections (615) 741-7956 Tennessee.Elections@tn.gov Tennessee State Library and Archives Reference Desk (615) 741-2764 ask@tsla.libanswers.com If state buildings remain closed on Wednesday, Dec. 30, customers may drop off business filings curbside at the Tennessee Tower at 312 Rosa…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Friends and family are mourning the loss of 1970s Tennessee State University legend Claude Mann who passed away Monday, December 28th, according to published reports. This is a developing story. The Tennessee Tribune will update this story as more information becomes available.