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Y'all, this is an EXCELLENT list/story to keep on hand when someone asks you what's good among Nashville restaurants — A guide to Nashville's James Beard-nominated chefs and restaurants tennessean.com/story/entertai via ��
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And here's the full list of nominees: jbf-media.s3.amazonaws.com/production/pre
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Excited to announce that our Uneven Ground project has been nominated for a award for innovative storytelling:
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Y'all: an update on the BNA evacuation on Sunday. After reporting it on Sunday, answers from officials have been confusing and contradictory about the actual cause of the painful fumes. We now have an answer. IT WAS BEAR SPRAY.
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Amid the urban-rankings hype, part-time kitchen mensch + (not-kitsch) rendered a vital ranking of the best #bagel providers in #Nashville, thus improving the equity of the experience.
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So many bagels. I'm super carb loaded and ready to go, y'all.
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For subscribers — Eating Nashville's bagels: We rank the city's expanding bagel options tennessean.com/story/entertai via @tennessean �@mackensy� �@StarBagel�
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In a small bit of good news: Nearly 3 months after the TN Health Dept. said it would no longer accept/distribute federal funding for HIV prevention-related services, the CDC will now reroute some of the funding through Nashville-based nonprofit United Way.
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Scoop: In Jan. the CA learned the state of Tennessee declined a yearly federally funded grant from the CDC for HIV prevention services.
Today, we learned the CDC is bypassing the state of Tennessee and routing the $$ to United Way of Nashville. (1/?)
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Coming up in our next Eating Nashville — best bagel shops in town. What's your fave? (These are from .) with
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When I tweet about journalism, I like include at least 2 typos just to keep everyone on their toes.
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Never publish a newsletter that mentions gorgeous spring weather because apprently the skies will immediately darken. It's like the journalistic equivalent of washing your car/watering the garden
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Never publish a newsletter that mentions gorgeous spring weather because apprently the skies will immediately darken. It's like the journalistic equivalent of washing your car/watering the garden
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Disenchanted with old-school distillery culture and unequal pay, pioneering whiskey blender Eboni Major forges her own path. (Reposting with correct link.)
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I like my weather with a side of sass
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Replying to @teacuppxx
Tell me you didn't read the blog without telling me you didn't read the blog.
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Alright Crieve Hall. That’s a pretty great ET bagel with lox.
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Two expulsions.
Two representatives returning to the Tennessee House within the week.
Two special elections that Tennesseans will foot the bill for.
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Justin Pearson reappointed to Tennessee House of Representatives by Shelby County Commission tennessean.com/story/news/pol
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Bagels, bagels, bagels. Also don’t sleep on Nicky’s Coal Fired Bagels, y’all. Only on weekends.
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The crowd is growing outside the National Civil Rights Museum to walk with to the Shelby County Commission for today’s appointment vote. will be inside the commission to cover the vote.
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Here's where I shamelessly beg you to subscribe to my newsletter (but it IS a fun engaging read):
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This is also a good time to mention that we're trying to find the best bagels in Nashville. And this is why I work out just about every freaking day
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So is trying to get the whole newsroom to agree with him that $4 is too much to pay for a handmade, quality bagel and I'm not sure it's going well.
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A fun interview + a great cause. Thank you!
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Thank you @mackensy for this fantastic story on this year's White House Easter Egg Roll and related nationwide hunger relief work by America's egg farmers to get nutritious eggs to those who need them.
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JUST IN: Gov. Bill Lee calls for 'order of protection law' to keep guns away from dangerous individuals tennessean.com/story/news/pol via
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#BREAKING: Nashville's Council votes unanimously to reappoint as the interim representative of District 52 in the TN House, just four days after Jones was expelled by the House's Republican supermajority.
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Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson has been expelled from the Tennessee House, alongside Rep. Justin Jones. Earlier, the move to expel Democratic Rep. Gloria Johnson failed by one vote.
The statehouse has erupted with protesters.
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I’ve been covering statehouses for more than a decade and today is unlike anything I’ve ever covered.
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Hey Evie likes the food issue so much she just started eating it. I like it too. So I took it back. Sorry, Evie.
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As I note in the story, Justin Jones (and the other two reps, if they're expelled) could technically be reappointed to fill their former seat on an interim basis within days, not to mention run for reelection in the special.
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This was Rep. Justin Jones’ closing argument prior to being expelled from the Tennessee House.
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Well, this has been quite a couple of weeks in Tennessee.
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Nashville Democratic Rep. Justin Jones has been expelled from the Tennessee House. The crowds inside are yelling loudly enough to be heard on the Capitol steps.
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LOTS of religious language in the Tennessee House debate over the effort to expel three Democrats (tennessean.com/story/news/pol).
As elected officials invoke Bible verses and their religious beliefs, here's what Tennessee faith leaders had to say about this controversy yesterday...
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Today, Tennessee faith leaders joined the protest against legislators' resistance to gun reform and an effort to expel three Democrats from the state House ahead of a formal vote tomorrow (for context, @Vivian_E_Jones' latest: tennessean.com/story/news/pol).
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A Republican state representative asked Rep. Justin Jones what he means by the chant “No Justice, No Peace.”
His response is worth hearing in full:
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As Tennessee House considers expulsion of three Democrats, we’re seeing new video from their efforts to “occupy” the House floor last week.
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OK, so now in the expulsion hearings , an attorney, is trying to make the point that the video the GOP just showed "was in direct violation" of house rules disallowing members to shoot video on the floor.
"Are we going to punish them as well?"
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A great photo from of the moment a Tennessee state trooper briefly closed doors on protesters on the Capitol steps.
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At one point a few minutes ago, troopers closed the doors to the Capitol on demonstrators, who banged on the doors to come in according to @rachelannwegner . Doors were reopened. One trooper said he didn’t know any they were closed at all. 
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They're reading through Rep. Justin Jones' expulsion resolution now, indicating that will be the first to be voted on (no vote yet.) You can hear chants through the chamber doors. Gallery is standing but quiet.
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