County Primary Update
🗳 May 5 primaries: winners take all · East Bank Authority invests in infrastructure · Anti-racing group files amended referendum · Much more!
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Election Hangover
💊 Blackburn won, but the landslide went missing · Anti-nostalgia in the millennial South · Remembering Martha Ingram · Much more!
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Council Meeting Leftovers
🥡 Council seeks local oversight for East Bank · Gideon's Army bankrolled once again · Planning Commission rubber stamps disputed projects · Judge blocks amendment to ban racing at Fairgrounds · Much more!
Gavel Down
🏛 TN is out of session · MNPD eyes drone program · NES wants to bury powerlines · Much more!
Laundering Hate
🔎 NC5's Phil Williams and the SPLC · Kratom banned · Warner Bros.' and Paramount · And much more!
Opinion: Warner Bros.’ Pivot to Paramount Is a Win for Tennesseans
After months of courting a merger with Netflix, Warner Brothers Discovery changed course and accepted a competing offer from Paramount Skyda
Scribbling in the Margins
🌆 Council green lights East Bend zoning bill · Nashville's trucking bottleneck problem · Election bill that would have changed Nashville elections dies in the TN senate · Much more!
Astroturfing Hate
In light of yesterday’s indictment, Phil Williams' close association with the SPLC deserves further scrutiny.
Streamlining Your Election Calendar
🗳 House approves bill to change local election cycles · Starbucks expands in Music City · Will Nashville host Super Bowl LXIV? · Much more!
Inside the East Bend Editing Room
📑 28 amendments attached to East Bend rezoning bill · Shocker: NES wasn't ready for ice storm · Preptit withdraws overlay due to botched survey · Much more!
From Surplus to Skyline
💰 Music City Center tax surplus may fund the East Bank · More power outages · Group warns about dangerous pollution in Nashville · Much more!
ChatGPT Politics
🤖 GA establishes state oversight for underground projects · Governor Lee swaps Pride Month for Nuclear Family Month · Nashville's expanding autonomous ride-share network · Much more!
For Whom the Bell Tolls
🔔 Another look at religious accommodations in MNPS · The Charlie Kirk effect · IRS tax relief for Winter Storm Fern · Much more!
Valor Collegiate Prep Builds Muslim Prayer Bell Into Daily Schedule
The Nolensville Pike charter school has a year-round, faith-specific accommodation that raises questions about religious neutrality in public schools.
The Smell of Burning Rubber
🏎 Speedway standoff continues · Submit your Waymo complaints · City officials don't want to disturb the dead · Much more!
48-Hour Hold-Up
⚖️ TN lawmakers want local law enforcement to honor ICE detainers · MNPS proposes $1.4 billion budget · TN drought · Much more!