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AP poll: A look at the top 10 Tennessee stories of 2020
December 24, 2020 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A look at the top 10 Tennessee stories of 2020, according to an Associated Press survey of reporters, editors and broadcasters.
1. COVID-19: The global COVID-19 pandemic hit Tennessee in March and has since caused hundreds of thousands of confirmed infections, with thousands of Tennesseans killed. Republican Gov. Bill Lee has favored a policy that made Tennessee one of the last states to establish a stay-at-home order in the spring and one of the first to reopen its economy, while leaving mask requirements up to counties.
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2. DEADLY TORNADOES: Overnight before the state’s presidential primary in March, at least six tornadoes carved through Middle Tennessee during storms that killed 25 people, including 19 in Putnam County and two in Nashville. President Donald Trump surveyed damage on the ground in Putnam County. During a mid-April Easter, storms in the Southeas
The 2020 Boner Awards From superspreader events to screw-ups by Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn and beyond, hereâs our annual list of bloopers and blunders Tweet
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Scene didnât name our annual Boner Awards what we did simply so we could make cheeky puns. Thatâs just a bonus.
Other former mayors get parkways or Metro office buildings named for them. Bill Boner, mayor from 1987 to 1991, gets this issue â now in its 31st year â as an annual honor. Ultimately, Bonerâs one-term tenure as mayor included a peculiar appearance on
The Phil Donahue Show, among other very weird and wacky news items that secured his status as the namesake of this recurring issue of the