The Department of Children’s Services is planning to equip guards with stun guns and pepper spray in its juvenile detention centers, where currently guards who oversee youth are unarmed.
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s Use Of The Electric Chair
In August, attorneys representing ten death row inmates sued the state alleging the electric chair is “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Gov. Haslam Will Lead Republican Governors Association, Replacing Chris Christie
The RGA’s role is to try to forge consensus among the state’s top Republicans and also to raise money for the party.
Could The Bridgestone Tower’s Tax Break Make The Playing Field Uneven In Office Rental Market?
One member of a city real estate board that reviews incentive deals is worried that if Bridgestone subleases part of its space, it would create an unfair market advantage.
Nashville Payday Lenders and Pawnshops Now Have New Restrictions
Councilwoman Jacobia Dowell of Antioch sponsored the bill. It prevents payday lenders from setting up shop a quarter mile from each other.
Tennessee Congressman Considers Shutdown To Stop Obama’s ‘Amnesty’
Obama’s executive action would allow up to five million undocumented immigrants stay in the U.S. without the fear of deportation.
President Of Country’s Largest Teachers’ Union Fears A Change In Public Education Funding
Amid meets-and-greets with educators at the city’s Shwab Elementary School, Lily Eskelsen Garcia said Senator Lamar Alexander is “enamored” with the idea of privatizing public education.
More Nuclear Plants To Come? TVA Chief Says Maybe
This follows the completion of the Watts Bar nuclear reactor, which is expected to be finished by the end of 2015.
Airbnb Regs For Nashville Would Limit Guest Numbers, Tax Hosts Like Hotels
On Tuesday, Nashville’s Metro Council will take up regulations aimed at short-term vacation booking services, like Airbnb.
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