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🏛 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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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!
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