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IDAHO FALLS — A local father of five says he was wrongfully terminated from the Idaho National Laboratory after speaking out about the vaccine mandates. Nicholas Christiansen worked in radiological controls for 15 years, where he most recently was a manager at the Materials and Fuels Complex. When COVID hit last year, Christiansen said he […]
A week ago, as former Metro police Officer Andrew Delke was about to go to trial for the fatal 2018 shooting of Daniel Hambrick, Delke s attorney David Raybin and Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk appeared in court to announce that theyâd reached a plea agreement. The deal â which saw Delke plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and accept a three-year sentence of which he s likely to serve about half â outraged Hambrickâs family and many in the community who saw it as an example of the systemâs disregard for Black people.Â
But it turns out that years before they were on opposing sides of the Delke case, Funk and Raybinâs paths crossed in a more friendly way. In two separate proceedings before the Board of Professional Responsibility, private attorneys representing Funk hired Raybin to provide expertise as part of their defense of Funk against complaints. The connection was first reported Friday morning by Scoop: Nashville.Â
March 11, 2021
A resolution designed to remove Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle from the bench may have died, but other legislation is pending that could move cases against the state out of Davidson County into more conservative parts of Tennessee.
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Cases against the state of Tennessee are filed in Davidson County courts because the State Capitol is located in Nashville.
But state Sen. Mike Bell, a Riceville Republican from southeast Tennessee, said Wednesday he is planning to introduce legislation that would move cases against the state to different judicial jurisdictions, either surrounding counties or into one of the state s three grand divisions. He also mentioned the possibility of setting up judicial panels to hear those cases.