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Last Night at Metro Council
🏛 Last night at Metro Council: cha-ching, buzz, bang · Source says Hegseth won't replace Blackburn in Senate · Metro opens applications for small business incentives · 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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The Price of Peas
🫛 Grocery tax relief comes with revenue shortfall · WWII ship visits Middle TN · Man shot during walk in Nashville · Much more!
Selective Vision
🙈 O’Connell’s MNPS blind spot · NES' current problem: CROW · Will racing ban petition cross the finish line? · Much more!
Interview: Jason Hollis
Jason Hollis is a music industry veteran with 30 years of artist development experience. He is also the owner of The Eighth Room, a historic
A View From Above
🏙 O’Connell reflects on three years in office · Both 5th Congressional District candidates have odd ties to Columbia prostitution investigation · The Nations Bar and Grill Takes a Dive · Much more!
The Nations Bar and Grill Takes a Dive
The thirteenth installment in Tales from the Westside
The Sun Also Rises on Music City
☀️ Metro advances another solar initiative as it inches toward 2041 Green New Deal target · TN to investigate MNPS over academic dishonesty allegations · Vandy Muslim Student Association condemns TPUSA film screening · Much more!
The Ventilation Chamber
💨 Metro Council Recap: Hang up, study up, & take the pittance· Cheekwood added to neighborhood lawsuit · The Capitol is going pink again for Dolly · Much more!
Return of the Red Light
🚦Metro Council preview · Judge tosses Nashville reporter’s challenge to ICE detention · Mayor O’Connell joins the Starbucks union "brew"-haha · Much more!
Where the Sidewalks End
🚧 Half a cent, half a sidewalk?· $16M Metro trash truck deal under fire · Dolly flies high · Much more!
A State of Attraction
💅 TN turns on the Southern charm in Paramount pitch · Tales from the Westside: Busybody Barb · Fairgrounds Speedway petition faces signature backlash · Much more!
Busybody Barb
The twelfth installment in Tales from the Westside
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!