The Cost of Apathy
🚶♂️ Mayor O'Connell runs again · Day one of TN special session · Belmont shooter pleads guilty · And much more!
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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!
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Redrawing the Power Map
✍️ Redrawing TN congressional districts · MNPS superintendent's extravagant spending · NES under fire for DEI practices · Much more!
Last Chance to Vote
🗳 A look at competitive races in May 5 primaries · Metro takes on state for failing to collect inmates · Greenway bridge complete · Much more!
Handle With Care
🚨 A look at Nashville's Behavioral Care Center · New report on state edu spending · Blackburn wants to redraw the map · Much more!
The Thrill is Gone
🎤 State of Metro Address · TN's $20M pilot to expand affordable housing · MNPS Board denies four charters · Much more!
County Primary Update
🗳 May 5 primaries: winners take all · East Bank Authority invests in infrastructure · Anti-racing group files amended referendum · Much more!
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!