Steve Cavendish

2 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Slight cracks began to form between Glen Casada and Cade Cothren on day seven of their trial. Wednesday was the third full day on the witness stand for Casada and Cothren’s alleged conspirator, former Rep. Robin Smith’s. Most of the day was taken up by cross-examination. The moment of interest came during Casada attorney Jonathan Farmer’s questioning, when he drew attention to texts between Smith, the government’s star witness, and Cothren during the formation of Phoenix Solutions.

2 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Marjorie Pomeroy-Wallace, Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s chief of staff and one of the architects of his successful 2023 campaign, will change roles soon, multiple sources have told the Banner. Pomeroy-Wallace is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the mayor’s office and has been an influential voice in an administration that spent its first year focused on transit.

4 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Cavendish

For the origin story of the Inmate Disciplinary Oversight Board, you need only look at the murder of Eliza Fletcher. The Memphis woman was killed by a recently released inmate who had a long record of violence behind bars, yet still earned “good time” credit. In response, the legislature established a panel to reduce sentence reductions. Now, a hand-selected board has the power to reconsider the punishments given for every serious offense committed in custody.

4 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Walk through the side door of Watson Grove Baptist Church in Edgehill and you’ll find the food pantry Rev. Margareat Smithson has managed to carve out — roughly 200 square feet of tables and shelves and a single refrigerator she shares with two other ministries. It may not look like much, but this one-woman operation has been feeding families every day for decades.

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Cavendish

Jocelyn and Clay Galvez don’t look like “radicals.” Or maybe they do. The word “radical” is losing its meaning these days, with everyone who doesn’t fall in line with the new administration’s policies labeled as a “far-left radical.” Recently, President Donald Trump called NPR and PBS part of the “radical left” and I don’t know how I would describe Kermit the Frog, the hosts of PBS NewsHour or the folks at “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” but “radical” isn’t it.