🐝 The CMA Awards snubbed WHO?

📰 Finding Unbiased News Sources

What are the best sources for unbiased local news? And how can readers tell when a news story is accurate? Tennessee Lookout editor Holly McCall helps us learn on the City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🎼 CMA Award Nominations Are Here

The 2024 Country Music Association Award nominations have been released, and include many surprises. Beyoncé’s chart-topping “Cowboy Carter” album received no recognition, while Nashville native Mitchell Tenpenny, who has been performing for 10 years and has three albums, is a Best New Artist nominee. [The Tennessean]

⛺ Old Tent City’s Demolition Causes Fear and Confusion

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has posted signs at a Downtown encampment of around 100 unhoused folks, saying they must vacate by Friday. This goes against the procedure outlined by Metro’s Office of Homeless Services, which requires extensive outreach and attempts to first house the people living in an encampment. [Nashville Scene]

🗳️ Voting Rights Restored to Petitioners

Nashville Criminal Court Judge Angelita Dalton has ruled that four petitioners with former felony convictions should have their full citizenship rights restored, allowing them to vote in elections. Being banned from owning firearms, the ruling states, should not prohibit other rights from being restored. [WPLN]

• 9% of Tennesseans are barred from voting due to prior felony convictions, including 21% of Black adults — the highest rate in the U.S. [The New York Times]

After playing at the Richland Park playground, my daughter and I headed over to the Richland Park library branch, where she read “Kitten’s First Full Moon” by Kevin Henkes, then put on a puppet show. This branch opened on Charlotte Avenue in 1961, and we love visiting.

While lots of you emailed with guesses, only one follower guessed the location correctly! Congrats to Anne Mendelsohn 🏆 She accepts this virtual award on behalf of her son Julius, “who forces me to frequent every library in town 😎.” You are in good company, Anne and Julius! May you and your son’s day be full of good stories.

Now onto this week’s challenge:

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