The Tennessee Supreme Court may be late to the Zoom craze, but the five justices donned their robes and held the state’s first livestreamed oral arguments on Tuesday, with three cases on the docket.
State Grant Fund To Bridge Rural Hospitals Exhausted
By Samantha Max
Tennessee has used up the remainder of a $10 million fund created to bolster small hospitals facing financial struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Bill Lee announced the final round of Small and Rural Hospital Readiness Grants recipients in a press release Tuesday morning.
Nashville Requires Government Employees, Visitors At Metro Facilities To Wear Masks
By Samantha Max
Unmasked employees and visitors are officially barred from Nashville’s government buildings. That’s according to a new executive order from the mayor’s office, which requires anyone “inside any building or indoor space that is owned, managed, or leased” by Metro to wear a face covering.
Nashville Reports Major Jump In Cases, Due To Weekend Processing Backlog
By Samantha Max
Confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Nashville jumped this morning at a rate much higher than usual. The Metro Public Health Department says 230 tests have come back positive in the past 24 hours — that’s after just 28 new cases were reported the day prior.
Gov. Lee Tours Memphis COVID Care Facility
Gov. Bill Lee was in Memphis today to walk through an emergency COVID-19 care facility. Lee says he hopes it will never be used for its intended purpose, but unlike similar facilities in other states, the Memphis site could have a life beyond the pandemic. “This one was done with foresight. And a longer-term lease that allows for an asset that this region, this city, this county, this region and […]
Lipscomb University Students Begin Supplying Hand Sanitizer To Local Health Workers
Fourteen students, with the help from alumni and faculty members, have begun making hand sanitizer for local public safety and health care providers.
Nashville’s Strides To Flatten The Curve Are Real, But Progress Is ‘Fragile’
Nashville is continuing to make favorable strides in combatting the coronavirus.
Tennessee Processing Extended Unemployment Benefits For Those Laid Off
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is beginning to process unemployment extensions for residents who have been laid off.
Graceland To Reopen This Week In Memphis
Elvis Presley’s Graceland home, which typically sees more than 500,000 visitors per year, will reopen to the public on Thursday after closing in March due to the coronavirus.
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