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These Old Bones
👻 Hospital bones, grocery treats, & budgetary ghosts · Governor’s race roundup: it's getting personal · 24 charged in cartel-linked drug ring in Middle TN · Much more!
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These Old Bones
👻 Hospital bones, grocery treats, & budgetary ghosts · Governor’s race roundup: it's getting personal · 24 charged in cartel-linked drug ring in Middle TN · Much more!
Ghosts
The seventeenth installment in Tales from the Westside
The Murk
📜 Mayor's Office files 32 pieces of new legislation · Fairgrounds racing referendum stays on track · Burchett pushes for Blackburn's senate seat · Much more!
Thou Shalt Explain Yourselves: ACLU Fires Warning Shot at Tennessee Schools
Tennessee left Ten Commandments displays up to school boards. The ACLU’s records requests mean what board members say and write now could decide whether the displays survive in court.
Rallying the Troops
🗳️ Midterm rally: the whip, the Walz, and the wisecracks · TN not accepting work permits for driver’s licenses · TN bids for the U.S. Space Academy · Much more!
If Washington Wants to Lower Prescription Drug Costs, It Should Get Out of Its Own Way
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare drug price negotiation means fewer new treatments, Writesman argues. Congress needs to repeal it and pursue competition, transparency, and accountability instead.
Welcome to the Thunderdome
🏟 The new Nissan Stadium has a roof over its head · TN loses new Audi plant to GA · Bluebird Cafe sues neighbor over 2025 flood · Much more!
Council CliffsNotes
🏛 What you may have missed at Metro Council · NDOT bans right on red at 7 intersections · Nashville fairgrounds rooftops go solar farming · Much more!
Abandoned Hallways
🎒 Are Nashville’s elementary schools left exposed? · Tales from the Westside: The Can Man Can · Distracted driver rear-ends pedal tavern · Much more!
The Can Man Can
The sixteenth installment in Tales from the Westside
Sorry, We're Full
🔒 Jail funding becomes flashpoint in the mayor’s CSP · China's black market drug trade threatens TN · Court tosses lawsuit challenging Tennessee school vouchers · Much more!
China's Black Market Drug Trade Threatens Tennessee Families
Gray-market GLP-1 drugs made in unregulated Chinese labs are reaching Tennesseans through regulatory loopholes and social media ads.
5-D Chess
🚦 No Right on Red drops from from 740 intersections to 14 · Dueling governor polls show different races · Losing I-24 toll-lane bidder sues TDOT· Much more!
Peeling the Onion
🧅 Recent TN sunset audits · Right-on-red ban withdrawn · General Jackson Showboat's last launch · Much more!
Tennessee Should Treat Gaming and Esports as a Workforce Opportunity
Gaming is now a major economic and technological force. Tennessee should be preparing students to compete for the jobs it creates.