With the passing of O.J. Simpson, it's worth dusting off the weird Orioles connection to him. Former Orioles play-by-play man, Joe Angel, was the quarterback while Simpson was the running back together at Galileo High School in San Francisco.

Bipartisanship is alive and well in the TNGA

Tom Guarente tells me he's withdrawing from the TN05 GOP primary, leaving Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston as only challenger to Rep. Andy Ogles. Guarente says he met with Johnston yesterday. Agrees that split ticket would make unseating Ogles harder.
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Watching the state legislature this morning

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Some snippets from Times Free Press reporting on GOP officials weighing in on VW Chattanooga union vote

Worker calls UAW Shawn Fain the 'working-class people's president'

The Beacon Center has tried to tell Tennesseans that the UAW has a 'radical political agenda.' But, according the Beacon Center's own poll, Tennesseans view the UAW's unionization efforts in Tennessee favorably. 4/

Booster kicked my ass if anyone's wondering. Feeling fine today.

Happening now:

Joint TAC/CAC meeting on Nashville Transportation Improvement Plan. Tune in here:

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Intercity Bus Study group is also hosting a zoom meeting tomorrow:

Thursday, April 11th, 10AM-12PM Central, we are holding a public and stakeholder meeting via Zoom for the 2024 TDOT Intercity Bus Needs Assessment: us06web.zoom.us/j/89690036003?…

Sponsor of bill to lower open carry age to 18 and allow assault rifles to be open carried says it’s needed due to border crisis.

Careless policy, dangerous rhetoric.

The No. 7 hasn't been worn by an Oriole since former manager Cal Ripken Sr. died. The last player to wear it was Billy Ripken.

The Orioles asked the Ripken family whether Jackson Holliday could wear No. 7. Yes. They 'are thrilled that Jackson is wearing #7,' a spokesperson said.

Today Middle East Monitor Middle East Monitor, a prominent London-based outlet with over 1.8 million social media followers, published a clip of white Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes advancing a distorted (and for Nick at least, antisemitic) view of the U.S.-Israel relationship 1/

Selfishly hoped he would stay with Norfolk a few more weeks and make the trip to Nashville

Longtime Nashville attorney Bart Durham has died.

He was 89.

'It is with deep sorrow and a burdened heart that I share the news of the passing of my father, Bart Durham, a legendary figure in the local legal community and a beloved patriarch to our family.'