Connor Daryani

Nashville

Journalist at Nashville Banner

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Court confirms transit referendum's validity in Tennessee

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that while Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit referendum can mostly go forward as planned, using surcharge funds to purchase land for housing and parks will not be permitted.
High rate of no true bills in Davidson County grand jury

2 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

In the first quarter of this year, the Davidson County grand jury returned 47 “no true bills” — non-indictments on felony cases recommended by prosecutors — a rate more than 10 times higher than average. Included in the non-indictments were three first-degree murder cases. From January 2021 to December 2024, Davidson County grand juries chose not to indict an average of three cases per quarter for every 607 heard.
Future of Social Security benefits top of mind for senior Nashvillians

1 month ago | timesfreepress.com | Connor Daryani

More than two dozen people showed up outside of U.S. Rep. John Rose’s district office in Gallatin on Friday afternoon. The crowd was made up mostly of older adults concerned about the sweeping changes the Trump administration has announced for the agency that administers Social Security. Earlier this month, the Nashville field office showed up on a list of 47 Social Security offices the Department of Government Efficiency plans to close.
Concerns over proposed changes to Social Security benefits

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

More than two dozen people showed up outside of U.S. Rep. John Rose’s district office in Gallatin Friday afternoon. The crowd was made up mostly of older adults concerned about the sweeping changes the Trump administration has announced for the agency that administers Social Security. Earlier this month, the Nashville field office showed up on a list of 47 Social Security offices the Department of Government Efficiency plans to close.
State, Metro Clash Over Home Rule

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Connor Daryani |Nashville Banner

A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine the future size of the Metro Council. In April 2023, a three-judge panel temporarily enjoined a law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that would cut the size of the Metro Council from 40 seats to 20, writing that Metro was likely to win its lawsuit and that the law could cause “upheaval” in the election process that was underway at the time.
State, Metro clash over home rule at court of appeals

1 month ago | nashvillepost.com | Connor Daryani |Nashville Banner

A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could determine the future size of the Metro Council. In April 2023, a three-judge panel temporarily enjoined a law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that would cut the size of the Metro Council from 40 seats to 20, writing that Metro was likely to win its lawsuit and that the law could cause “upheaval” in the election process that was underway at the time.
Tennessee Court of Appeals Hears Case on Metro Council Size

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could determine the future size of the Metro Council. In April 2023, a three-judge panel temporarily enjoined a law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly that would cut the size of the Metro Council from 40 seats to 20, writing that Metro was likely to win its lawsuit and that the law could cause “upheaval” in the election process that was underway at the time.
Tennessee court to decide fate of Nashville council's size

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Connor Daryani

On Wednesday, the Attorney General’s office will attempt to convince three Tennessee Court of Appeals judges that the state should be allowed to cut Nashville’s Metro Council in half. It’s been two years since the state legislature passed a law capping the number of seats on a Metro Council at 20.
Tennessee death row inmates file suit to stop new lethal injection protocols

1 month ago | timesfreepress.com | Connor Daryani

Advertisement Advertisement Tennessee death row inmates file suit to stop new lethal injection protocols Today at 4:00 p.m. by Connor Daryani / Nashville Banner Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber in Nashville in 1999. Tennessee's updated lethal injection protocols center on the use of pentobarbital.
Death Row Inmates File Suit to Stop New Lethal Injection Protocols

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Connor Daryani |Nashville Banner

A group of nine men on Tennessee's death row filed suit in Davidson County Chancery Court on Friday, challenging the use of pentobarbital in the state's lethal injection protocol, citing the “risk of tortuous death.” The Tennessee Department of Correction announced in December that it adopted a new lethal injection protocol using the barbiturate pentobarbital.