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@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialChrista Pike has been discharged from the hospital and brought back to the women’s prison in Nashville where she was incarcerated for more than 30 years before her failed execution.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialNew charter schools often face a significant barrier to opening: proper facilities. This week the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission hosted a panel to discuss the issue. ✍️ Lillian Avedian
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialIn November, Tennessee voters will decide whether to expand the list of alleged offenses for which a person can be kept in jail without the right to bail while they await trial.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialA man armed with a gun and a knife was shot and killed by a security officer at Nashville’s federal courthouse on Thursday, police said. A search of his vehicle “found nothing threatening.”
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialOn this week’s episode of After Deadline, @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @stelliott.bsky.social talk about DC Blox, Daron Hall, the Metro Council and the streamside salamander.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialState Rep. Shaundelle Brooks (D-Hermitage) is running for reelection against Republican Eva Romero to represent House District 60, which encompasses Nashville suburbs including Donelson, Hermitage and part of Old Hickory. ✍️ Lillian Avedian
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialDavidson County Sheriff Daron Hall will retire this month after 24 years running the Nashville jail system. He said he’s leaving for a job in the private sector and, no, he’s not running for mayor.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialU.S. District Court Judge Eli Richardson on Tuesday handed a significant win to Metro Nashville in the lawsuit filed by data center developer DC Blox in August.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialA chancellor has ordered the state to preserve all evidence related to Christa Pike’s failed execution. Pike is conscious, with a blood clot, pneumonia and no ability to swallow. Her attorneys said the hearing was the “very, very first step” of a long legal fight. ✍️ @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialThe Metro Council again deferred legislation aimed at limiting right turns on red lights in Nashville, with a second of three votes now scheduled to take place at the body’s Oct. 20 meeting.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialCongressman Matt Van Epps is using congressional staff for campaign staff, raising an ethics complaint from his competitor Darden Copeland. There’s no concrete proof that Van Epps broke any laws, but Copeland wants it investigated.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialCharlie Hatcher, the Republican nominee in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, asks voters to “hire a farmer” in first campaign ad.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialIn a stunning announcement Tuesday afternoon, Christa Pike’s attorneys said she is “conscious and speaking” almost a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialIn the South, Black birth workers are fighting poor birthing outcomes to create a better maternal health ecosystem. ✍️ @ejturner02.bsky.social
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialNashville’s Metro Council will continue debating a proposal to restrict right turns on red lights at a meeting on Tuesday. Check out the agenda here:
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialFrances Edwards, a 96-year-old Nashvillian, plans to vote right when early voting begins. “I might die” before Election Day, she reasons.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialLawmakers consider how to address Tennessee’s botched executions after the second failure this year. Options range from Democrats calling for an end to the death penalty to Republican leaders considering new medication and “alternatives” to lethal injection.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialNEW: Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned as head of the state’s prison system after the state’s second botched execution of this year.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialThe first details emerge about Christa Pike’s condition from her lawyers' filing in Davidson County Chancery Court on Friday. As of Thursday night, Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator after surviving two rounds of lethal injection by the state Wednesday night.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialOn our latest podcast episode, Banner managing editor @andreatudhope.bsky.social talks to reporters @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @mikeiereiland.bsky.social about covering the failed execution of Christa Pike from inside and outside the prison.
