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!
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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!
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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!
Shitty, Shitty Bang, Bang
The ninth installment in Tales from the Westside
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!
What the Flock
📹 Burchett says Flock Around & Find Out · Interview with East Tennessee's The Yodelin' Country Bluesman, Vaden Landers · Nashville Zoo Rejects DC BLOX MOU · Much more!
Interview: Vaden Landers
Vaden Landers is an East Tennessee musician branded the "The Yodelin' Country Bluesman." His music comes across as authentic a
O'Connell's Property Tax Shell Game
💸 How the property tax increase & reappraisal actually impacted Nashville · Massive road crater on Old Hickory eats truck · TN's new congressional map in tact as court challenge moves forward · Much more!
The Last Laugh
The eighth installment in Tales from the Westside
The Red Ripple
💥 A look at Nashville’s early voting boom · Ferrell Haile drops bid for Tennessee Senate speakership · Federal Law Enforcement Investigating Metro Nashville Employee · Much more!
Zero Vision?
🏛 Last night at Metro Council: Data centers and Vision Zero · Neighbors question mural protections in Nations redevelopment · Grand Ole Opry station hopes to save AM radio · Much more!
The Eminent Domain Jackpot?
🐅 Zoo date center: the real estate flip that could tick everyone off · New tool shows what contributed to your property tax bill increase · Blackburn staffers allege they were pressured to violate campaign finance and ethics laws · Much more!
The Primary Fortune Cookie
🥠 Early primary voting will prove to be the first major test of campaign strength in TN elections · See what contributed to your property tax bill increase · Six fatal overdoses in 24 hours · Much more!
Missiles & Mudslinging
🚂 Blackburn backs controversial Defense Appropriations Act; Rose votes against House version · DC Blox closes on property near Nashville Zoo · All aboard the Chattanooga Choo Choo · Much more!