Metro Budget Spin Cycle
💸 Mayor talks TIRRC funding: "It's not a kickback." · Tales from the West Side: How to Save a Tree · Legislation filed to move Entertainment direct role to the mayor's office · Much more!
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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!
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How to Save a Tree
The third installment in Tales from the West Side
Taming the Tech
💥 Wrangling the data center boom · The mayor is buying votes · OPINION: Don’t Let Credit Scoring Reform Put Taxpayers at Risk · Much more!
Is the Mayor Buying Votes With Your Tax Dollars?
Mayor O'Connell's $735,000 grant to TIRRC is about more than immigration.
Don’t Let Credit Scoring Reform Put Taxpayers at Risk
When Washington Rewrites Mortgage Rules, Taxpayers Bear the Risk
Council Cage Match
💥 Council recap: the budget hearing special · Mayor vs. state: airport board takeover · Nashville expands property tax relief · Much more!
Rocket Fuel Required
🏛 Metro Council preview · NES and Metro work to bury power lines· TN's new welcome sign · Much more!
Pushing Back the Pushback
🧊 OEM Chief doth protest too much? · Opinion: How Esports Are Reshaping College Life · Much more!
How Esports Are Reshaping College Life
What used to be a basement hobby now comes with national stages, scholarship money, and professional skills
Show Me the Funding
🏦 Mayor O'Connell reacts · Read this week's short story · Nashville rent continues to dip · Much more!
Little House on the Freeway
The second installment in Tales from the West Sider
Freddie Goes Fishing
💵 Mayor bankrolls progressive non-profit · NES to bury power lines · House 60 candidate launches petition to cap property taxes · Much more!
The Budget Shuffle
🔎 MNPS scrutinized during budget work session · OPINION: To Keep Kids Safe, Close the App Store Gap · $54M in Nashville property values adjusted · Much more!
To Keep Tennessee Kids Safe, Close the App Store Gap
Washington loves to talk about protecting kids and upholding family values, but here in Tennessee, we’re turning those commitments into real
The Thin Blue Budget
🚨 MNPD budget hearing · CVS pushes back against new state law· Mayor defunds the Entertainment Commission · Much more!