Busybody Barb
The twelfth installment in Tales from the Westside
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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!
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Good morning everyone! Welcome to this week's exciting list of events around Nashville. Here are some of the highlights: Indie folk artist Ian Sweet is performing at DRKMTTR tonight and tomorrow night The Eighth Room is hosting a special edition of Hooked: Halloween Wild Card Night. The Alex
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The Big Chop
✂️ Still waiting on TN Supreme Court ruling that could cut council · A taxing time for fixed incomes · Waymo robotaxis hit Nashville Lyft app · Much more!
Property Tax Increases Are a Threat to Tennesseans on Fixed Incomes
Eva Romero is a mother of five, an Old Hickory Village resident, and a candidate for Tennessee House District 60.
No Free Refills: The Starbucks Clawback Clause
☕️ Starbucks clawback clause · Burkley Allen enters vice mayor race · Metro's $16M trash-truck deal draws federal scrutiny · Much more!
TN in the Margins
📊 A closer look at the Beacon Poll · Did a senior Metro Water official play favorites? · More on the new Nashville ICE facility · Much more!
What’s Next for Old Nissan?
🏟 East Bank officials tease a signature park in place of old Nissan Stadium · CATS, Not The Musical · First glance at the latest Beacon Poll · Much more!
CATS, Not The Musical
The eleventh installment in Tales from the Westside
The New Music Machine
🤖 TN musicians take on AI · Vandy employee sues after denied gender-affirming care coverage · Nashville hospital bucks the norm with in-house drug prep · Much more!
Drones, Dolly, Development, and More
🏛 Metro Council recap · TN to fully fund Dolly’s Imagination Library · Nashville’s parking problem is driving residents away · Much more!
How to Polish a Rotten Report Card
🍎 TN’s education accountability problem · TDEC issues its first commercial fusion license · Democratic pollster: Molder within single digits of Hatcher? · Much more!
Transit’s Dirty Secret
🗑 Choose how you move, but watch where you step · Lee wants to put Dolly’s name on BNA · Nashville hospital drug disaster bigger than one mistake · Much more!
Interview: Jeff Snyder
Jeff Snyder is a composer, improviser and instrument designer based out of Princeton, New Jersey. Earlier this month he brought his latest i
Clipping Some Wings
🛸 Traffic, taxes, & drones · Breakin’ In Ain’t Hard to Do · State Leaders Want Nashville Sheriff to Comply With ICE · Much more!
Breakin’ In Ain’t Hard To Do
The tenth installment in Tales from the Westside
The Grant Is Giving Pocket Change
🏪 Nashville businesses say grants won’t ease property-tax pain · Hospital adds pharmacy safeguards after wrong-drug errors · School board VP: Meta deal leaves TikTok, Snapchat untouched · Much more!