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🏛️ The Council Halvening · Brent Taylor weathers a scandal · TIRRC files another lawsuit · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Tennessee Scam Artists
☎️ TN's top scammers · NES donates more money as questions regarding staffing levels emerge · International tourism in Nashville dropped 13 percent · Much more!
Nashville’s Cultural Moment
🐖 Slaughtering hogs in Nashville · MNPD makes school safety recommendations · Lawmakers seek to empower NES customers · Much more!
The War Over Your Backyard
🏚 Are the YIMBYs doomed? · Protecting cash and coin in TN · Tourism updates you need to know · Much more!
Council Throws Wet Blanket on Boring Co.
🎵 Council objects to Music City Loop · A look at Freddie's property taxes · Is TN bad for business? · Astronaut for governor · Much more!
Yet Another Zoning Spat
🏚️ Another CM gets complained on · Parental rights at the state · The library might finally open · Much more!
Digging Their Heels In
👠 Opposition to Music City Loop as Boring Co. digs in · Ogles has more Republican opposition · Nuclear weapons facility coming to TN? · Much more!
Conspiracy or Dud?
❄️ Will after-action reports hold anyone accountable? · Local reporters target Blackburn · Will Judge dismiss TN charges against Abrego Garcia? · Much more!
Tunneling Under Nashville
🗳 Boring Co. digs into Music City · Lt. Gov. McNally to step down after nearly 50 years · Council can support sanctuary city policies without fear · Much more!
More on the Authority Without Authority
🗳 East Bank Development Authority still doesn't have authority · Speed cameras proposed for school zones · Boring gets right-of-way use for the Music City Loop · Much more!
Democrats Target TN D-5 to Regain House Majority
🗳 Democrats plot to flip D-5 · Oracle starts demolition in East Bank · Is Bredesen's appointment to the mayor's storm response committee a conflict of interest? · Much more!
Accomplish Nothing, Form a Committee
❄️ First Winter Storm Response Commission meeting · NDOT director resigns · Where did the ice storm debris go? · Much more!
Boring Into Boring
⛏️ Council members bore into Boring · John Rich vs. the TVA part deux · TN leaders want NES held accountable · Much more!
MAHA Wins and MAGA Moves
🍎 MAHA bills progressing through TN · NES hires help to do damage control · Airport Authority backs the Music City Loop · Much more!
Last Night at Metro Council
🏛 Council recap · No new ICE facility in TN · Boring Co. to meet with the council · Much more!
Survivor’s Guilt Haunts the Mayor
🧊Owners of Scene/Post leasing office space to ICE · TVA decides to keep the coal plants · Property tax cap in the works · Much more!