The Tennessee Highway Patrol will enforce a “no refusal” traffic safety policy from New Year’s Eve to Monday, January 4, 2016, in a effort the agency says will reduce the number of fatal crashes over the holiday. A 2012 state…
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Free New Year’s Bus Rides in Metro Courtesy of Miller Lite
Free bus rides will be available on all MTA bus routes beginning Thursday at 9 p.m., and service will be extended until Friday at 2:30 a.m. on 14 bus routes as part of a special Miller Lite Free Rides New…
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Waste By Wilson County Schools Shows Up on Facebook
A social media post showing pictures of weightlifting equipment from the old Lebanon High School in a salvage yard has stirred controversy. Bob Lea with the Blue Devil Football Foundation posted the pictures over the weekend on his Facebook page…
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What To Do With an Old Prison?
From the outside, it looks more like a castle than a modern-day prison. And the fortresslike facility stands out just as prominently as ever from Centennial Boulevard in West Nashville. But the Tennessee State Prison — built in 1898 during…
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Can The Titans Get Coach Kelly, and Should They?
There has been so much Chip Kelly speculation this NFL season, and a common theory was that Kelly would end up with the Tennessee Titans, where his old college quarterback Marcus Mariota now plays. The fit seemed obvious, but there…
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State Agency Charged With Transparency Has 18 Month Back Log
A Tennessee agency that’s supposed to provide critical information to citizens, news media and government offices regarding the state’s public records and open meeting laws simply lacks the resources to do its job adequately, a new state Comptroller’s audit says….
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Tennessee’s Immoral Death Tax Finally Dies
Following a four-year phase out, Tennessee’s inheritance tax finally expires on Jan. 1 and one advocacy group is hailing the demise of what it calls the “death tax.” “Tennessee taxpayers can finally breath a sigh of relief,” said Justin Owen,…
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State Rep Wants Tennessee Out of Marriage Business
Tennessee should stop issuing marriage licenses in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made gay marriage legal, state Rep. Rick Womick said. “The state Constitution says that marriage is between one man and one woman, and my personal…
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TN Will Matter to the GOP This Time Around
The rallies are big, the field operations extensive and the expectations for candidate visits are high. It’s not quite Iowa, but Tennessee — a state long ignored until much later in the cycle, and then often just turned to for…
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Free Fun on New Year’s Eve
So, who wants free tickets to see Kings of Leon? You are in luck, because instead of having to pay $70 or more to see this hot, young rock band in concert, they are playing for free as part of…
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