Metro joined three other jurisdictions in the suit: Columbus, Ohio; Harris County, Texas; and El Paso County, Texas.
MNPD’s drone trial launched on May 26 and ended Aug. 7 after 30 flight days, police spokesperson Brooke Reese recently told the Scene. Most of the debate has centered on how MNPD launched the trial without a Metro Council vote or public hearing. Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office says the program falls under a Metro Code 13.08.080 exemption for surveillance technology “used on a temporary basis” for investigations, warrants or exigent circumstances. “The Department of Law advised this did not have to go to council,” mayor’s office spokesperson Alex Apple tells the Scene. “The procurement regulations authorize pilot programs that do not require a contract between the parties.”
Five years after winning $240 million in government incentives, Oracle is lagging behind the pace necessary to meet its jobs obligations.
Thomas Jarvis, now 20, was attacked twice at juvenile justice facilities overseen by Jason Crews, a Tennessee businessman. In both instances, facility leadership failed to report the incidents to the state as required.
Although police departments in liberal cities and conservative suburbs are eager to embrace surveillance tech, elected officials across the aisle in Tennessee are moving the other way.
Company claims Metro acted improperly in passing moratorium.
CoreCivic recently sold four detention facilities to the federal government for a combined $2.2 billion in gross proceeds, the Brentwood-based private prison company disclosed in its second-quarter earnings report released on Aug. 5.
According to a WARN Notice filed with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Wednesday, TikTok’s Nashville office will be permanently closed on Oct. 5, 2026.
“If you’re someone who wants a God-fearing, freedom-loving, flag-waving, guitar-picking, NASCAR-loving, Vol-cheering, pro-life, low-tax beacon of freedom, you are in the right place,” Blackburn said.
Man, that hit me right in the feels — and I’m not a Republican. Yes, I do want to go back to a time when Tennessee Republicans were God-fearing, NASCAR-loving beacons of freedom. But who can afford to go to a NASCAR race these days?
Audit logs for the Nashville airport’s LPR’s obtained by the Banner through a public records request show that data captured has been combed over as part of hundreds of thousands of searches by law enforcement agencies across the country so far this year. Among them are more than 75,000 searches by police departments and sheriff’s offices in Tennessee and nearly 2,500 searches by airport police.
Gov. Bill Lee backs Hatcher in opposition to Ogles for 5th Congressional District
Little does not price pardon services hourly, like a typical attorney, instead charging an expensive fee for up-front consulting and legal advice. Two other well-connected pardon attorneys, lobbyist and self-described D.C. fixer Mike Davis and White House adviser Brett Tolman, collect millions for their work. Upon Trump’s signature, attorneys’ “success fees” can also mean seven-figure paydays.
There’s a long road ahead still. Pending zoning appeals related to the property are still on the docket and can’t be heard until the moratorium expires in December. A successful appeal then could scupper the DC Blox plan. Even if Metro decides to proceed with eminent domain, a protracted legal fight with developer DC Blox could delay a purchase.
For U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn the Tennessee Freedom Fund and Team Tennessee political action committees, PACs, backing her bid have consolidated under one entity after raising a total of $12 million this cycle so far. This includes a recent donation of $250,000 from San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company Anthropic.
Anthropic’s primary product is the AI agent Claude, and with its contribution, it’s one of the top spenders backing Blackburn.