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These Old Bones
👻 Hospital bones, grocery treats, & budgetary ghosts · Governor’s race roundup: it's getting personal · 24 charged in cartel-linked drug ring in Middle TN · 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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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!
Election Hangover
💊 Blackburn won, but the landslide went missing · Anti-nostalgia in the millennial South · Remembering Martha Ingram · Much more!
Anti-Nostalgia in the Millennial South
Molly Silver left Los Angeles after the pandemic. In her debut novel, the native Tennessean returns to her roots and offers a rarely-seen portrait of the South.
The Crown Meets Criticism
👑 Vandy's Innovation Neighborhood faces criticism · Today is August Primary Election Day! · Two illegal aliens sue TN over being illegal · Much more!
Opinion: Building Tennessee’s Future on a Foundation of Skilled Trades
Every day at Wilson & Associates, we look at the physical blueprint of Tennessee's future. From major transportation infrastructure
BLOXed Out & Cashing In?
🦓 Metro’s DC BLOX battle could come at a cost · TN tourists spent $89M a day in 2025 · Lee backs Hatcher over Trump-backed Ogles · Much more!
Blocking the Blox
🦩 Stopping the zoo data center won’t be cheap · Early voting partisan comparison · A look at the money flowing into Tennessee primary elections · Much more!
Down-ballot Dogfights
📈 Early voting ends, turnout trends ahead of Aug. 6 primary · Blackburn, PACs launch $9.7M final spending push · East TN congressional candidate accused of shooting out LPRs · Much more!
The TDZ Tussle
💰 Metro-state tussle over Nashville TDZ · Nashville among least-safe large U.S. cities · Tales from the Westside: Shitty, Shitty Bang, Bang · Much more!
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Meta-maxxing
🤳 TN puts Meta on trial · Primary countdown: new polls, big money, everyone wants the last word · Two arrests put repeat offenders back in the spotlight · Much more!
The Primary Pressure Cooker
🗳 August primaries heat up · Nashville Assessor's Office Audit: no major discrepancies · School is starting later · Much more!
Dig Once or Cry Twice
⛏ East Bank fiber debate: do it now or dig again later · Hotel tax extension heads to Council · Lee signs data center pledge; TN advances in nuclear race · Much more!