For a group of teens in Memphis, summer isn’t just a time to kick back and relax – it’s a time to get serious about financial literacy. Sixteen teens are participating in a three-week boot camp, held at the University of Memphis, to learn about the stock market and how…
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I’ve never seen so many injured people. It seems almost everyone I run into these days is consistently and continuously injured, especially those who are a bit older, and I don’t mean very old – thirty and above. I’m not even including the multitude of those too sick to…
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Tennessee State Senator and Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) has been tapped by the Trump Administration to sit on the Federal District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. In a statement, Senator Norris said: I am honored by the nomination and appreciate the President’s confidence in me. This is…
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The refugee assistance organization “Murfreesboro Roots for Refugees”(MR4R) is busy providing services to refugees being resettled in Rutherford County. MR4R has taken over refugees abandoned in Murfreesboro by the World Relief resettlement agency. It was announced during the March MR4R meeting that they were assisting 17 families that totaled over…
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The Tennessee Star announced via Twitter Tuesday its online news site has been visited a whopping TWO MILLION times since its launch earlier this year. Today we had our TWO MILLIONTH visit to the https://t.co/CucY9Mxgrh since our launch Feb 6. Thank you, Tennessee – you're the BEST! pic.twitter.com/XOn5IM0Aui — Tennessee…
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In the media’s mad rush to show Donald Trump Jr. did something potentially illegal by meeting with a Russian attorney in June 2016, election experts are stretching mightily to fit federal statutes to President Donald Trump’s son’s actions. The trouble is, there is nothing in the federal code to stick…
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A Maine state lawmaker has apologized amid calls to resign over a threatening Facebook post about President Trump. “Trump is a half term president, at most, especially if I ever get within 10 feet of that p-,” Democratic state Rep. Scott Hamann, of South Portland, wrote in a Facebook post…
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President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission announced late Monday it’s temporarily suspending its collection of voter data from states following a lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy Information Center. The Electronic Privacy Information Center had asked for a temporary restraining order in its July 3 suit, saying the commission should have…
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Tuesday was a scorching hot day, but some Nashvillians got a chance to cool off thanks to police officers handing out free ice cream. Donations from Thrivent Financial enabled officers to travel around the North Precinct to give away frozen treats. They were joined on their mission by representatives from…
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Author and senior NBC News political analyst Mark Halperin said that in many ways, President Donald Trump’s administration has “been tougher” on Russia than those of his predecessors, during an interview Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” The cloud of Russia-collusion allegations has hung over Trump’s presidency ever since reports…
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Barack Obama, who’s been pretty quiet – meaning, quieter than he could have been – on the political frays that have been coursing through Capitol Hill of late, has just formally waded back into the D.C. deep. He’s going to headline a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a…
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The proposal accepted by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry to redevelop Fort Negley Park calls for affordable housing subsidized by government programs including tax credits and Section 8 vouchers. The plan by Cloud Hill Partnership has already drawn fierce opposition because of concerns about historic preservation. Located south of downtown, the land…
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VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 13, Thursday Hosea 14:9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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