by Brian Wilson | May 13, 2025 | Justice, News, Policy, Tennessee, The Tennessee Star
President Trump’s Immigration Czar Tom Homan has repeatedly warned against interfering with ICE attempts to arrest those in this country illegally. That is exactly what State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) appeared to be doing over the weekend as she, by her...
by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 28, 2025 | Economy, National, News
Tennessee had only four counties in March with an unemployment rate of less than 5 percent. This means that 96 percent of Tennessee counties had an unemployment rate below this mark. Those counties are Pickett (5.7 percent), Hardeman (5.2 percent), Johnson (5.1...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 10, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Ben Cunningham, founder of the Nashville Tea Party, said people are fleeing Nashville in droves over compounded tax increases implemented in recent years and forthcoming increases expected under the current mayor. Noting Nashville’s largest property tax increase in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 2, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Three men, including a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, have been charged as a result of the early Sunday morning raid conducted by federal law enforcement of the Miami nightclub in Antioch. Federal court-authorized search and arrest warrants were executed at...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 26, 2025 | Education, News, Tennessee, The South
Actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise, who played Lieutenant Dan in the hit 1994 film Forrest Gump, will speak at Vanderbilt University’s 2025 Commencement activities this spring. Vanderbilt said Sinise will receive the university’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 24, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Eric Loes, a Tennessean and recovering insurance agent, attended last week’s demonstration at the Tesla showroom in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville, as a counter-protester and described the scene as “misguided and misinformed.” Over the weekend, the leftist...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 21, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is among a group of U.S. cities and nonprofit organizations suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funding. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 20, 2025 | News, Tennessee, The South, World
A low-budget Canadian airline will no longer offer service to Nashville amid an intense political and economic climate between the U.S. and Canada. Flair Airlines, a Canadian ultra low-cost carrier headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, canceled all upcoming seasonal...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 25, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Jesse Gonzalez, owner of Liberty House Realty in Nashville, detailed how he became a successful business owner after being born into poverty in Texas on Monday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show. Gonzalez said he was born 46 years ago in Houston to a troubled...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 17, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
The Davidson County Republican Party (GOP Nashville) elected new leadership during a meeting held at the Millennium Maxwell House in Nashville earlier this month. Among GOP Nashville’s new Executive Committee members include Chairman Jason Weakley, First Vice Chair...
