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💊 Election recap · TN's first female governor · Nashville vet fraud · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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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🧅 Recent TN sunset audits · Right-on-red ban withdrawn · General Jackson Showboat's last launch · Much more!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
Boot-Strapped on Broadway
🍺 Haslam throws cold water on bar bailouts · Hatley pours another $5M more into independent governor bid · Shoplifter with 40+ warrants arrested · Much more!
Opinion: Patients Shouldn't Have to Fail First
Step Therapy Reform: Putting patients and doctors back in charge
Spilt Milk on Aisle 7
🗳 Sizing up D7 before early voting starts · 911 call shows delays in Pike execution response · Courthouse shooting video released · Much more!
Dropping the Glass Ball
🏈 O'Connell administration fumbles a critical contract · TN Charter Commission overturns MNPS on two prospective charter schools · Christa Pike discharged from hospital · Much more!
A Ministerial Task
🏎 Referendum language to ban racing clears hurdle · Armed man fatally shot by security outside Nashville federal courthouse · TN DACA recipients report driver's license renewal denials · Much more!
BLOX Dumped
🗑 DC BLOX gets data dumped by judge · Nashville’s Sheriff to step down · Pedestrian allegedly struck by WeGo bus files lawsuit · Much more!
More is More?
📜 Will No Right Turn on Red actually prevent pedestrian deaths? · TN farmers allowed to use untaxed diesel · Pike regains consciousness, victim’s mother says justice wasn't served · Much more!
Council Watch
🏛 Metro Council preview · TDOT sued over Choice Lanes partnerships · Bowling breaks ranks by backing Hatley for governor · Much more!