Clipping Some Wings
🛸 Traffic, taxes, & drones · Breakin’ In Ain’t Hard to Do · State Leaders Want Nashville Sheriff to Comply With ICE · Much more!
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To Whom the Money Flows
👁🗨 The mayor’s war chest · Check out our early voting tracker! · New threats against TN candidates and election officials · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! Here are some highlights from this week in Nashville. This evening— The Pamphleteer, in collaboration with Meriwether Academy, presents the third night of The Nashville Antichrist Lectures with Peter Thiel and Bright Eyes play Brooklyn Bowl. Tomorrow, Foster The People are performing at The Truth and Sienna
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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!
ONE MORE SCROLL
🤳 Meta’s $17 billion “go touch grass” moment · State lawmakers consider audit of MNPS · Hello, (potential Atlantic tropical storm) Dolly · Much more!
The Big East Bank Group Project
🦋 Remembering Dolly Parton · East Bank Development Authority meeting · Nashville’s homeless count rises · Much more!
O’Connell on Taxes: “Technically, you’re welcome.”
💰 Nashville property tax paradox: lower rates, bigger bills · Fisk doubles down on $400 million data center · Nashville leaders reject ICE call center · Much more!
Voters, Blink Twice
🗳 Nashville voters have some showing up to do · TN deserves more from its nonprofit hospitals · Colorado man who went missing in Nashville found dead · Much more!
Tennesseans Deserve More From Their Nonprofit Hospitals
As a pastor in Clarksville, I understand that tax-exempt status is not simply a financial benefit, it reflects public trust and comes with a
Trust Me, Bro
👁🗨 Waymo is watching Nashville · ICE call center slated for Nashville · TBI investigates catastrophic drug mix-up at Nashville Hospital · Much more!
The Courtesy Call
🏛 Metro Council recap · Another O’Connell aide hits the road · Nashville sues over withheld funds after refusing election policies · Much more!
Drones & Bonds
🤖 Tonight at Metro Council · Winter storm commission calls for outside investigation into OEM · TN leads the nation in property tax hikes · Much more!
Red-Light Politics
🚦 Nashville’s right-on-red ban sparks state-local debate · Two Metro council members eye 2027 vice mayor race · Student sues Middle TN teacher, school system over nude-photo allegations· Much more!
Did Anyone Read the Manual?
🧊 Did Metro follow its own emergency plan during the ice storm? · MNPS teachers claim they were told to change grades · CM Kimbrough ordered to pay $91K · Much more!
A Permanent Crisis?
🚨 When the housing crisis comes for your front yard · Lipscomb puts Lower Broadway under the laser in the name of pedestrian safety · Nashville's Honky-Tonk tax revolt attracts attention from state leaders · Much more!
Cooking the Books
🔥 The teacher who gave MNPS an F · Flock is flying into a privacy problem · Woke mind virus comes for the local raccoon · Much more!