NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson County Register of Deeds Karen Johnson recently completed the Local Government
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NASHVILLE, TN — Join the Nashville Foundation for Women of Color, Inc. in a virtual three-part series workshop on the Three Stages of Wealth Creation. The workshops are open to anyone who wants to learn more about building wealth. The first hour-long workshop, “Fundamentals of Building Wealth,” will be on December 3, 2020. On December 10, 2020, the second workshop will discuss “Transferring the Fundamentals into Strategies.” On December 17, 2020, the workshop discussion will be “Ways to Ensure Your Retirement Years Are Financially Stable” for your next phase of life. All sessions will be held from 12:00 p.m. –…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Attorney General William Barr wants five federal prisoners dead before Joe Biden takes office January 20. Biden is a foe of the federal death penalty and says that he will clamp a moratorium on federal executions when he takes office. But Barr is in a hurry and he is determined to give his boss, Trump, one final dubious notch on his legacy belt before he departs the Oval Office. Barring any legal intervention, two men and a woman will be executed before Trump exits. One of the five has already been executed. You’d have to go back…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Atelier co-owners Stacey Lanier and Ila Foster launched their approach
By Kristin Siyahian CONQUER Ricki Fairley was told she had 2 years to live. That was 8 years ago. And now that doctor calls Ricki her miracle. Ricki allowed herself to have one, and only one, “pity party,” as she calls it, the day the doctor put an expiration date on her life. She briefly described this low point to me, choosing instead to focus on the joys in her life and her newfound purpose. Within minutes of beginning our conversation, it became apparent that Ricki is a woman of great determination and great faith. Her energy is contagious and…
By Stephen Elliott Nashville Scene As COVID-19 vaccines inch closer to readiness, a group of Tennessee lawmakers is seeking to make it harder to require immunizations of the state’s citizens. A newly filed bill for the upcoming legislative session, sponsored by five Republicans, would strip from state law language that allows only religious exemptions to vaccine requirements “in the absence of an epidemic or immediate threat thereof.” The bill would also eliminate a misdemeanor for doctors who give patients a fraudulent certificate of sickness or vaccination in order to get around requirements. If passed, the bill would add a provision…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Longtime Tennessee Chancery Court Judge Walter L. Evans is retiring at the end of November, court officials said. Evans has served as a chancery court judge in Shelby County for 22 years. He has presided over numerous high-profile cases, including some involving Memphis-based shipping giant FedEx, the Memphis Grizzlies and Shelby County Juvenile Court. Before winning election to chancery court in 1998, Evans worked in private practice and served as a Memphis municipal court judge, the Tennessee Supreme Court said Tuesday. As a private lawyer, he argued and won a case, Parker v. Randolph, before the…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) — Several cities marked Tennessee’s 2nd annual Rosa Parks Day on Dec. 1 with memorials commemorating the anniversary of Parks’ refusal to comply with a segregated seating on city buses. On Tuesday, city buses operated by the Memphis Area Transit Authority, WeGo Public Transit in Nashville, Knoxville Area Transit, Clarksville Transit System and Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority carried placards in a seat reserved to recognize Parks’ protest, an anniversary that is now recognized under state law. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks sat in a bus seat reserved for white people and refused to move. She…
NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. The panel voted 13-1 to recommend those groups get priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program, when doses are expected to be very limited. The two groups encompass about 24 million people out of a U.S. population of about 330 million. Later this month, the Food and Drug Administration will consider authorizing emergency use of two vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna. Current…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)- The Tennessee state and local chapters of the NAACP are speaking out against a bill they say promotes racially-based vigilantism. In November, Representative Jay Reedy of Houston County filed HB 0011 in the Tennessee General Assembly. The bill permits the use of “deadly” force in order “to protect real or tangible, movable property,” including specific language allowing property owners to kill persons suspected of theft during night-time hours. NAACP officials say the proposed legislation is nothing more than a backlash response to recent protests against police and vigilante killings—attempts to give legal standing to unjustifiable and…