Rallying the Troops
🗳️ Midterm rally: the whip, the Walz, and the wisecracks · TN not accepting work permits for driver’s licenses · TN bids for the U.S. Space Academy · Much more!
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Rallying the Troops
🗳️ Midterm rally: the whip, the Walz, and the wisecracks · TN not accepting work permits for driver’s licenses · TN bids for the U.S. Space Academy · 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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If Washington Wants to Lower Prescription Drug Costs, It Should Get Out of Its Own Way
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare drug price negotiation means fewer new treatments, Writesman argues. Congress needs to repeal it and pursue competition, transparency, and accountability instead.
Welcome to the Thunderdome
🏟 The new Nissan Stadium has a roof over its head · TN loses new Audi plant to GA · Bluebird Cafe sues neighbor over 2025 flood · Much more!
Council CliffsNotes
🏛 What you may have missed at Metro Council · NDOT bans right on red at 7 intersections · Nashville fairgrounds rooftops go solar farming · Much more!
Abandoned Hallways
🎒 Are Nashville’s elementary schools left exposed? · Tales from the Westside: The Can Man Can · Distracted driver rear-ends pedal tavern · Much more!
The Can Man Can
The sixteenth installment in Tales from the Westside
Sorry, We're Full
🔒 Jail funding becomes flashpoint in the mayor’s CSP · China's black market drug trade threatens TN · Court tosses lawsuit challenging Tennessee school vouchers · Much more!
China's Black Market Drug Trade Threatens Tennessee Families
Gray-market GLP-1 drugs made in unregulated Chinese labs are reaching Tennesseans through regulatory loopholes and social media ads.
5-D Chess
🚦 No Right on Red drops from from 740 intersections to 14 · Dueling governor polls show different races · Losing I-24 toll-lane bidder sues TDOT· Much more!
Peeling the Onion
🧅 Recent TN sunset audits · Right-on-red ban withdrawn · General Jackson Showboat's last launch · Much more!
Tennessee Should Treat Gaming and Esports as a Workforce Opportunity
Gaming is now a major economic and technological force. Tennessee should be preparing students to compete for the jobs it creates.
A Rock and a Hard Place
🪨 Sheriff Hall steps down · Racing on next year's ballot? · Possible state takeover of MNPS · Much more!
To Whom the Money Flows
👁🗨 The mayor’s war chest · Check out our early voting tracker! · New threats against TN candidates and election officials · Much more!
How to Use a Sandbag
⌨ Nashville’s data center rulebook is under construction · Thiel’s “New Rome” and the Final Restrainer · TN wants other platforms to match Skrmetti’s Meta deal · Much more!
Third Rome’s the Charm?
Thiel’s “New Rome” and the Problem of the Final Restrainer