NASHVILLE, TN — House Minority Leader Karen Camper (D-Memphis) has been re-elected as president of the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL Women). The election was held over the weekend at the organization’s annual convention in Chicago. NOBEL Women is a non-profit, non-partisan organization primarily composed of current and former black women legislators as well as many appointed officials. Established in 1985, the organization aims to increase and promote the presence of black women in government, as well as, the public and the private sector and serve as a global voice on issues affecting the lives of all…
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By Michael McLendon NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — This summer Tennessee State University is providing paid internships for TSU students thanks to a partnership with Cheekwood Estate and Gardens and Regions Bank. According to Dr. Chandra Reddy, dean of TSU’s College of Agriculture, these internships are part of the college’s initiative to increase its number of student internships with industry partners. “This is a great investment by Regions Bank in our students,” said Reddy. “We place a lot of importance on these internships. Historically, we used to send a lot of students to the different governmental agencies. Now we…
NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Pat Raines, dean of Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business, recently announced his retirement after 16 years of service to a college consistently noted by national publications for its excellence and lauded locally for its students, faculty and graduates as well as its strong executive education programs. Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “For the past 16 years Belmont, and the Jack C. Massey College of Business, have benefited from the leadership, passion and commitment to excellence that has been fostered by Dean Pat Raines. We look forward to celebrating Dean Raines’ legacy of…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Music City Hot Chicken Festival presented by Piedmont Natural Gas will once again heat up Nashville this July 4 as the city’s top hot chicken establishments, amateur contestants and hot chicken aficionados all converge to celebrate Nashville’s culinary gift to the world. The event will be held Thursday, July 4 in East Park, 700 Woodland Street. The festival commences with the Hot Chicken Fire Truck Parade beginning at 10:30 a.m. at 8th and Woodland and marching to the East Park festival location. The festival begins at 11 a.m. with free samples for the first 500 people.…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — In a stunning vote two weeks ago the city council failed to pass a substitute budget that would have given Metro schools $50 million, city employees a 3% cost of living raise, and put $6 million into WeGo, Metro’s bus service. The vote was 20 in favor, 18 against, and 1 abstention. Councilwoman Tanaka Vercher’s substitute budget needed 21 votes. Failing to get one more “Yes” vote means Mayor Briley’s billion budget has become law. For the first time in its history the city council considered four substitute budgets. Another first: the council failed…
By UM News Service MISSOULA, MT— Elizabeth “Libby” Riddle of Nashville, is one of 32 top-tier students who will receive a Presidential Leadership Scholarship to attend the University of Montana in Missoula. Riddle graduated from Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School this spring. She is the daughter of Andrea and Danny Riddle. UM’s Presidential Leadership Scholars are chosen based on leadership, service and academic merit, and the full-ride scholarships are renewable for a total of four years. This year’s incoming PLS cohort had an average GPA of 3.92 and an average ACT score of 31. In addition to joining UM’s Davidson…
By John Cooper NASHVILLE, TN — Restoring balance to our budget starts with making sure tourism dollars are going to residents, not spending residents’ dollars on tourism and development. Nashville has developed terrible financial habits: from deficit spending, and running up credit card debt, to selling land for short term operating money. Within the last 4 years, revenue has increased over 250 million dollars, but a hundred million dollars of that has gone to interest payments. Only 74 million has gone to education. When interest has replaced education as our number one use of new money, that is when trouble…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Briley has called for a moratorium on scooters. Carol Swain wants them banned permanently. John Ray Clemmons says public safety must be the top priority. John Cooper wants a helmet law, a nighttime curfew, and more bike lanes. All the mayoral candidates agree on one thing: downtown is like the wild west. Day or night, music blares from every honky-tonk and cars, cabs, tour buses, dump trucks, pedestrians, and scooters make their way up and down Broadway like Walmart shoppers on Black Friday. The district used to be limited to lower Broadway, about…
MEMPHIS, TN — Welcome to the premier issue of The Cover Magazine. We are very excited to present this new monthly magazine to you and hope that it is inspiring, motivating, educational and entertaining. The Cover magazine will provide you with its compelling content of beauty, fashions, entertainment, real life issues, healthy lifestyles, celebrity news, rising stars and dreamers. The Cover magazine has also been produced to market and promote business owners; especially women own businesses. Our vision and main focus will be on the real lifestyles of business owners, models, singers, dancers and others who are in the fashion…
NASHVILLE, TN — On Friday, June 21 at 9 AM the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will hold a public Townhall Meeting at 340 Welch Road to discuss how Nashville let commercial gentrification impact all small businesses. Speakers include Mario Ramos, NAHCC Chairman, Luis Parodi, Business Banking, Loraine Segovia-Paz, Entrepreneur, Ashford Hughes, Mayor’s Office, Senior Advisor, Workforce, Diversity and Inclusion, Favian Bedne, Metro Council. For more information please call 615-216-5737. When referring to gentrification, we often focus on housing, but another major concern is the impact of rising commercial rental prices that affect all Nashville small businesses. A couple of…