Tag: Corruption

Cronyism And Corruption Thrive In Darkness

Image Credit: Canva By Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government [via The Tennessee Lookout] – An often quoted phrase related to open government is one by Louis Brandeis, an attorney and associate justice on the Supreme Court whose work and writings spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  “Sunlight is […]

Feds Seize Cade Cothren’s Phone In New Investigation

Photo: Cade Cothren, ex-chief of staff to former House Speaker Glen Casada, leaving Nashville’s federal courthouse on August 23 after being arraigned on federal charges. Photo Credit: Holly McCall By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Federal agents seized the electronic devices of former House Speaker Chief of Staff Cade Cothren Tuesday morning […]