Here are key dates in Glen Casada’s political career.
Former House Speaker Glen Casada and chief of staff indicted in ‘bribery and kickback conspiracy’
Former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Glen Casada and his chief of staff, Cade Cothren, have been arrested on bribery and conspiracy charges.
Vanderbilt receives federal grants to expand Latin American studies at schools across the South
Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies has received national recognition for its work, as well as $1.7 million in federal grants. The funds will expand its unique curriculum and the number of students who can access it.
The Tennessee Titans want a new stadium. Metro Government is conducting a study to find out if that’s a good deal.
While the details of the new deal aren’t final, the city and state are expected to give the Titans $1.2 billion to build a new stadium and get off the hook for maintenance.
The mayor who ran on improving neighborhoods now wants to build a new one downtown
After resident frustration of downtown Nashville getting the most money from elected officials, Mayor John Cooper ran on improving neighborhoods.
Tennessee has tens of thousands of jobs to fill, but hardly anyone wants them
Tennessee’s unemployment rate has remained at 3.3% for the third consecutive month, according to the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The rate was at an all-time low of 3.2% in March and April.
It’s a first: After a decadelong wave of closures, a rural hospital reopens in Tennessee
The sun is rising over the Haywood County Community Hospital, and Michael Banks looks like he’s shooting a commercial — standing in front of the emergency department entrance in a seersucker suit, greeting employees in the dim morning light.
A year later, Waverly remembers the 20 lives lost to flood
In August 2021, a nearly 21-inch rainfall sent massive streams of water through the town of Waverly and surrounding areas. A year later, the evidence is written on broken pipes, stained buildings and the faces of its citizens.
‘This is once in a lifetime’: A Lebanon grade-schooler remembers the total solar eclipse, 5 years later
What happens when your earliest memory of a world event is actually something joyful?
Walkers and cyclists have complained for years about Nashville builders blocking paths. Now the city is about to require better access.
Nashville will now require construction projects that block right-of-ways for more than seven days to construct a temporary walkway.
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