The week ahead: Pot, abortion and bathrooms
Those interested in the state’s marijuana laws will want to tune in to the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee this week.(Photo: File / Associated Press)The pace of the General Assembly will be hectic this week as several committees wrap up their work. The session has about one month remaining and any chance of passing some of the more controversial bills of the session must receive approval this week, or they could face legislative purgatory. Here are a few of the more interesting topics schedu..>> view originalPoor offenders pay high price when probation turns on profit
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) - Outside the $200-a-week motel room that Steven Gibbs and his family call home, the afternoon sun sparkles. Inside, though, he has the curtains pulled tight. After working third shift at a round-the-clock McDonalds, his wife, Debbie, sits on the edge of one bed, her eyes closed. But the hour doesn't matter."Half the time I'm scared to go outside the door," says Gibbs, 61, a former construction worker who has been jailed twice since late 2013 after he couldn't pay h..>> view originalBison hope for a bash in the 'Boro
Station Camp basketball team opens play against another state newcomer in David CrockettStation Camp High junior guard Thomas Zazzaro dribbles to the basket during the Bison’s sectional win over Independence as head coach Seth Massey looks on.(Photo: Craig Harris/Gallatin News Examiner)Seth Massey is making his first appearance at the state tournament … as a coach.However, it isn’t the Station Camp High boys head basketball coach’s first game in Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center...>> view originalSelection Sunday Live Thread
If we miss the tournament, we have three more years to hate Quinndary Weatherspoon. - Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports Come in, have a few drinks, and lament the possibility that the 2015-16 season may end in the NIT. Today's the day when we officially learn if Vanderbilt will be playing in Dayton this week, or at Memorial Gym in the first round of the NIT. I don't really have much to add about the bubble situation; it is what it is at this point, and from the sound of things the Selecti..>> view original'Spotlight' lesson: Truth cannot emerge in the dark
Deborah Fisher 3:29 p.m. CDT March 13, 2016Buy PhotoSunshine Week(Photo: Special to The Tennessean)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsThe Oscar-winning movie demonstrates why open access to public records is so important.Scroll down to register for free special screening of 'Spotlight' on March 22.There’s a great scene about public records in the movie “Spotlight,” which is based on the true story of The Boston Globe’s investigative reporting of child sex abuse by Catholic priests.Reporter Mi..>> view originalQ&A with Nashville's schools director search firm
Metro Nashville Public Schools' search firm talks second search.(Photo: Getty Images)The hunt for Metro Nashville Public Schools' next director is underway, as the district's recruitment firm, Jim Huge and Associates, is working to sell the district's top education job.Advertisements are being run about the search, and Huge is actively working to recruit candidates.Huge, hired three weeks ago, has also met individually with board members to outline the process. And in a sitdown interview with Th..>> view originalIndieNash movement aims to build support for small businesses
Buy PhotoTara Tidwell, a baker at Dozen Bakery in Wedgewood-Houston, prepares a tray of baguettes. As large corporations and well-funded companies move into Nashville, small businesses are vying to keep their momentum in an increasingly competitive market.(Photo: Collin Czarnecki / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoTara Tidwell’s flour-covered hands carefully prepare a half-dozen baguettes on a long cooking sheet before sliding the bread into a piping-hot oven.“You might want to step back,” said Tidwell, ..>> view originalGoing to extremes: Disorder addresses obsession to eat clean
Orthorexia is an obsession with healthy eating.(Photo: wildpixel, Getty Images/iStockphoto)Everyone knows that eating healthy foods and limiting unhealthy ones is best for optimum health, but what if you cross the line and it becomes an obsession? If someone’s desire to eat clean gets to the point that they develop an actual fear of unhealthy foods it can lead to an eating disorder known as orthorexia.According to the Eating Recovery Center, the national health care system dedicated to the treat..>> view originalBill would repeal 'spiritual treatment' exemption to Tenn. child ...
By Richard Locker of the Knoxville News Sentinel NASHVILLE — Tennessee lawmakers are moving to repeal a controversial 1994 law that was at the center of a long court fight over the 2002 death of a Loudon County girl whose mother refused medical care in favor of "spiritual treatment" and prayer. Without debate, the state Senate last week approved 32-0 a bill by Sen. Richard Briggs, R-Knoxville, a cardiac surgeon, to repeal the "spiritual treatment" exemption to the state's child abuse and neglec..>> view originalIn Nashville, police to nonprofits work to curb youth violence
Buy PhotoLamontae Burleson talks at the resting place of his little sister, Treyonta, in Greenwood Cemetery on March 4. It was his first visit to her grave since she was killed in November. “I kept saying, ‘I’m going to come see you girl, but it’s something I (haven’t) been able to deal with it," Burleson said. "(There are) times when I want to break down for her, but I can’t. She’d just want me to be strong."(Photo: Samuel M. Simpkins / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoNashville Mayor Megan Barry organi..>> view original
Sunday, March 13, 2016
The week ahead: Pot, abortion and bathrooms and other top stories.
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