Travis Loller

September 08, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - A Nashville attorney says immigrants are being held illegally in Tennessee jails for days and even months after they have served their sentences.Federal regulations allow inmates to be held for 48 hours if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to take them into custody for possible immigration violations.

By TRAVIS LOLLER

1 minute read

November 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

It's not just the choice of candidates that is contentious this presidential election.

By Adrian Sainz and Travis Loller

3 minute read

November 30, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to reconsider whether Tennessee's requirements to get on the ballot for third parties and their candidates are unconstitutionally restrictive.

By Travis Loller

1 minute read

March 04, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The case of a pregnant Nashville inmate who was shackled during labor is headed back to district court to be heard by a jury.

By Travis Loller

3 minute read

June 12, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to and disappointment in the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay Scouts.

By Juan Lozano and Travis Loller

3 minute read

September 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A Tennessee woman will be allowed to name her 8-month-old son "Messiah," a judge ruled Wednesday, overturning an order from another judge who said the boy's name should be changed to Martin because "'Messiah' is a title that is held only by Jesus Christ."

By Travis Loller

3 minute read

July 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - A Nashville judge ruled Tuesday that private prison company Corrections Corp. of America is subject to Tennessee's open records law.Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman ordered CCA to provide information on settlements, judgments and complaints against the company to Alex Friedmann, who first requested the information in an April 2007 letter.

By TRAVIS LOLLER

2 minute read

April 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By TRAVIS LOLLER

6 minute read

July 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - Investigators were waiting for ballistics tests on a gun recently bought by the girlfriend of slain former NFL star Steve McNair to determine whether the firearm found at the scene killed the two.Police said Monday that 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi bought the handgun found under her body less than two days before the shooting.

By JOE EDWARDS and TRAVIS LOLLER

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February 21, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - A private prison company executive nominated to become a federal judge has run into a determined opponent - a former inmate.President Bush in June nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, chief lawyer with Corrections Corporation of America, to become a U.S. district judge in Nashville.That led Alex Friedmann, who spent six years at the company's prison in Clifton, Tenn.

By TRAVIS LOLLER

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