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Candidates Trading Shots
🥠 Freddie takes shots at 2027 mayoral opponent CM Styles · Barbs are flying over Blackburn’s political ad depicting her crushing fortune cookies · TN sets new records for business filings · Much more!
Airport Beef
✈️ Mayor O'Connell places Metro Law Director on airport board · Tales from the Westside: Dead Skunk Not in The Middle of The Road · Conservatives plan nationwide protests against AI data centers · Much more!
Dead Skunk Not in The Middle of The Road
The seventh installment in Tales from the Westside
Nashville’s Data Center Fight Strikes a Chord
🎸 Nashville’s data center fight reveals what makes Music City tick · NewsChannel 5 to host TN GOP Gubernatorial Debate on July 20, Blackburn uncommitted · Knox County Commission passes one-year moratorium on data centers · Much more!
245 People Walk Into a Council Meeting…
🦞 The zoo data center debate reaches its apex · Metro produces no documents justifying origin or current need for $1.5M in grants to pro-illegal alien nonprofits · Internal Rose poll suggests late-campaign gain on Blackburn · Much more!
Big Data, Big Drama
🎪 Get your tickets to tonight's data center show · New Nashville airport board drops out of lawsuit challenging state takeover · Nashville's 2025-26 TCAP results · Much more!
Young Gun, Old Glory
🇺🇸 Interview with Young Washington screenwriter Tom Provost · Sale of zoo-area site eyed for data center looms · Justin Jones clashes with colleagues over data center · Much more!
Young Washington in the New World
An Interview with Young Washington Screenwriter Tom Provost
Money Behind the Mob
Dark money props up anti-data center hysteria · MNPS activity funds audit · State leaders appoint new members to Nashville Airport Authority board · Much more!
Mayor Throws Monkey Wrench into Zoo Data Center Plan
🐒 Mayor seeks to block proposed data center · Gas prices hit Nashville hardest · Judge tosses challenge to TN immigration law · Much more!
Playground Ethics
📏 Board of Ethical Conduct hears complaint against CM Johnston · Mayor seeks eminent domain to block Zoo data center · Breaking: it's hot · Much more!
Who's Afraid of a Big Bad Data Center?
💻 Why the big rush · Tales from the Westside · Cheekwood fight gets ugly · Much more!
Me, The TV, and QVC
The sixth installment in Tales from the Westside
MNPS and NES Depress
💥 NES and MNPS fight over who is most incompetent · Brass robbers in Joelton · Much more!
Foreign Influence in Tennessee Colleges
🎓 Foreign funds in private universities · Cheekwood versus the world · MNPS shelves Pre-K expansion plan · Much more!