Holly McCall
@jhollymc
Editor, Tennessee Lookout. University of Tennessee orange. Harvard crimson.
Well, this is an awfully nice surprise and a much-needed boost. Thank you to all the @NashvilleScene readers who voted me Best Columnist for an incredible 4th year in a row--especially with formidable competition from @AuntB & @startleseasily. nashvillescene.com/bon/2024/media…
Ogles notified the media at -- let me check -- 3:15 on a Friday before a long weekend, and the Capitol is closed for holidays, so someone approved a special request to open it for Santos on the Cumberland to do his thing.
🔥 @jhollymc: “incredibly unpatriotic of Ogles to hijack a revered federal holiday and spit in the faces of immigrants who served— These stunts may be his way of distracting from his finance irregularities + stories about inflating his resume.” 👏🏽 tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/27/edi…
🔥 @jhollymc: “incredibly unpatriotic of Ogles to hijack a revered federal holiday and spit in the faces of immigrants who served— These stunts may be his way of distracting from his finance irregularities + stories about inflating his resume.” 👏🏽 tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/27/edi…
I'm convinced John Calipari and Rick Pitino are the same person. #NCAATournament
It’s defeating to know that someone with a seasoned legal background who admits to wrongdoing can simply change his mind, as Brian Kelsey did, and walk with few, if any, consequences - while others, like Katrina Robinson, pay a price. - @jhollymc tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/20/edi…
John Rose going all in on the state of education in Tennessee.
Tennessee bill to criminalize ‘harboring or hiding” immigrants without legal status advances tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/20/ten… @TNLookout
Protestors recite Pledge of Allegiance on repeat, shutting down Tennessee House committee set to hear bill requiring banks to do immigration checks for international wire transfers -- and requiring kids without legal status to pay tuition at public schools Video: @PartipiloJ
Lawyers for former House Speaker Glen Casada and his onetime aide allege prosecutors failed to turn over evidence that could cast doubt on the credibility of witnesses in a corruption case against them – among them current House Speaker Cameron Sexton. tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/14/law…
Now that the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has completed a review of the state's lethal injection protocols, executions of those on death row could return, even as more Tennesseans oppose capital punishment. My latest for @TNLookout tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/03/ten…
There's an interesting meltdown happening in Tennessee's Senate Judiciary committee over the immigration bill. The sponsor, Sen. Watson, is lashing out over an amendment to strip the bill's provision that would remove elected officials who vote in favor of sanctuary city policies
East Tennessee Republican Rep. Kevin Raper talks pressure to vote for school vouchers. "Oh, you wouldn't believe," Raper told the @TNLookout.
Overnight, Tennessee Fiscal Review staffers dramatically revised their estimates for the price tag of Gov. Lee's immigration enforcement plan Yesterday it was $20M+ Today it is $5M+ tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenness…
NEW TODAY: U.S. Senate Democrats are pushing for a vote this week on condemning Trump's Jan. 6 pardons, reports @Ashley__Murray States Newsroom DC newsfromthestates.com/article/us-sen…
“There’s a fiscal cliff that will occur with this down the road,” Rep. Jody Barrett, a Dickson Republican, said of a proposed school voucher plan, adding he believes in a decade the program could cost $1 billion a year. tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/27/ten…
Under Trump, immigration arrests at school could be a step too far for some Tennessee conservatives Story: @ChalkbeatTN @marta_w_aldrich tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/27/und… @TNLookout
Defense subpoenas 20 lawmakers to for Casada, Cothren trial, @stockard_sam reports. tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/15/law…
Breaking news from @stockard_sam for the Tennessee Lookout: About 20 Tennessee lawmakers received subpoenas Wednesday to testify in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff, Cade Cothren. tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/15/law…
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director clarifies public remarks about Venezuelan gang violence, saying there have been no violent encounters involving the gang in Tennessee tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/08/ten… @stockard_sam @TNLookout
Republican House Majority Leader William Lamberth is sponsoring a bill designed to handcuff hate and neo-Nazi groups like the ones that marched in Nashville last summer but a First Amendment expert says it may be unconstitutional. tennesseelookout.com/2025/01/07/ten…
Williamson Co schools closed for Tuesday
URGENT: There will be No school in WCS on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, due to black ice on roads across the county. Txt STOP to cancel