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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 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
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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!
Vision Zero Sees Red
🐂 Vision Zero: is Metro Council rushing to do more of what isn’t working? · More trimming, fewer outages? Metro wants NES to prove it · Lebanon Road gets more lanes · Much more!
The Future is Female
🚺 A woman is taking the governor’s mansion · O’Connell appoints NYC transportation adviser as next Director of NDOT · Trump endorses Hatcher · Much more!