The center will be the 13th Facebook data center in the U.S. and 17th worldwide, and will create 100 permanent jobs. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart, Dean Dillon to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame
This class brings the total Country Music Hall of Fame inductees to 142. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Convention losses during pandemic expected to reach $1 billion, Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. says
The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp is turning its focus to long-term clients as pandemic convention cancellations pile up. The cancellations also cost roughly $43.11 million in local taxes and $40.38 million in state taxes. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Gov. Bill Lee, lawmakers look to compromise on latest COVID-19 liability bill as critics balk
The liability bill is one of three measures lawmakers were tasked to take up when the governor ordered the special session. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Mayor John Cooper calls for independent investigation into series of allegations against Nashville police department
In a Twitter post, Cooper said he’s forwarded each “criminal and civil allegation of misconduct” brought forth by 19 former and current employees of a toxic culture inside the police department, for review. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed Amazon’s Nashville expansion
Amazon hires 1,000 and doubles down on philanthropic efforts in Nashville. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
How can Tennessee slow the coronavirus? Arizona may have an answer.
Arizona has made such dramatic progress at slowing coronavirus the White House recommended Tennessee its playbook. Gov. Bill Lee declined. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
With no one in charge, who can act to save college football season? | Estes
This pandemic is exposing college sports’ need for sweeping change, most notably a lack of leadership and unwillingness to make tough decisions. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Mayor Cooper hasn’t ‘really read anything’ about series of allegations against MNPD
Mayor John Cooper said he could not comment Saturday on a series of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations brought against the Nashville Police Department this week, saying he’s “not really read anything about it.” Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Tennessee’s US Senate contest is set: 6 takeaways from Thursday’s primary and what it could mean for November
From Bill Hagerty’s win over Manny Sethi to a surprise in the Democratic primary, what we learned from Thursday’s vote. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Broadway looked different Friday night as city cracks down on mask mandate
Visitors largely ignored the mandate during previous weekends. That changed Friday, when nearly every person there wore a mask. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
If colleges want a football season, they need to (gasp) allow players special treatment | Estes
Insisting that college football players be treated no differently might allow school presidents to sleep better. But it’s not helping in a pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Luke Bryan sings for the small town on new album ‘Born Here Live Here Die Here’
In a new interview, Luke Bryan discusses releasing music during the COVID-19 pandemic and which song was almost ‘too emotional’ to cut. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Nashville’s interim police chief vows to enforce mask mandate after Anderson’s soft approach
Nashville’s interim police chief John Drake is taking a new approach to mask enforcement: “I think enforcement is the only way to save lives.” Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Not every fight over Confederate monuments ends with a statue coming down
Franklin’s square is now a different place, one where African American history and a Confederate monument are attempting a balance. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Bill Hagerty wins Tennessee’s bitter Republican US Senate primary
Tennessee’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate turned bitter between candidates Bill Hagerty and Manny Sethi. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Marquita Bradshaw wins Tennessee’s Democratic US Senate primary
Political novice Marquita Bradshaw pulled out the victory on Thursday to secure the Democratic nomination for Tennessee’s U.S. Senate race. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Dean Pees was so irreplaceable that Titans’ Mike Vrabel didn’t replace him | Estes
The biggest loss for the Titans isn’t a player but a coach, and there still seems an alarming amount of uncertainty about how they’re replacing him. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Southern Baptists confront stain of racism, slaveholding past, but for some it’s not enough
The cataclysmic death of George Floyd has pushed the Southern Baptist Convention’s racial reconciliation efforts back into the spotlight. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Election day: Live updates as Tennesseans head to the polls
Today marks the last chance for Tennesseans to cast a ballot in person or mail their absentee ballots to their county’s election commission. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
Fear of COVID-19 will not be reason to vote absentee in November, Tennessee Supreme Court rules
The state’s highest court issued the ruling the day before the August primary election. Thursday’s ballots remain unaffected. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
$10M in rent, mortgage assistance is coming for Nashvillians hurt financially by COVID-19
Payments will be based on proven recent financial hardship and unpaid bills, and distributed directly to lenders, landlords and utility companies. Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service
