JUDICIAL POLL: Monday afternoon, the Nashville Bar Association released the results of its most recent Candidate Evaluation Poll for each of the three judicial races that will take place this May. More than 300 members voted in

It was a Wednesday morning partway through the month of Ramadan, and many of John Overton High School’s Muslim students had been awake since 4:30 a.m.

These students had been fasting every day for more than a week and woke up in time for suhoor, the last chance to eat and drink before the sun rises. Some chose foods that are hydrating, like watermelon or cucumber, ...

The Tennessee Senate passed a bill criminalizing the act of being unlawfully present in the state on Monday, wading into the murky legal waters of enforcing federal immigration policy at the local level. 

Republican senators cast the final vote needed for the legislature to pass the bill, authored in partnership with the White House, to establish a Class A mis...

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SAFETY FIRST: Mayor Freddie O’Connell on Friday announced the appointment of Stephanie Bradley as his office’s director of crime prevention and violence reduction. Bradley worked for several years in various roles at Penn State University’s Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center. She also founded a consulting and advisory firm that works wi...