Iraq may be thousands of miles away, but for Nashville’s Kurdish population, the violence there hits close to home.
Nashville’s Kurdish Community Fears For Family As Civil War Breaks Out In Iraq
It Doesn’t Look Like Metro Police Will Get Their 3% Raise
The Fraternal Order of Police has even been running TV ads to make its case, but the council hasn’t gotten behind the across-the-board salary bump.
Listen: What It’s Like To Be A Bouncer At One Of Nashville’s Busiest Honky-Tonks
Andrew Kingery, who usually works Friday and Saturday nights, has pretty much seen it all. In 90 seconds, here’s what it’s like working the weekend crowds, fending off unwanted advances and keeping the bar under control.
Nashville-Based App Tells Conservatives Where To Shop, But Liberals Use It Too
The app, known as 2nd Vote, rates businesses on their support of same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and environmental issues.
Immigrant Families Benefiting From New Tennessee Tuition Law: Maybe 0
Starting this fall, students with undocumented parents will be able to get in-state tuition at Tennessee universities and community colleges. The Republican legislature was commended for making overtures to the immigrant community. But the gesture might have been only symbolic.
With More Visitors From Out Of Town, This Will Be Nashville’s Biggest Pride Festival Yet
Nashville’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Pride Festival is expected to bring more than 18,000 people downtown this weekend. This would the highest turnout in the festival’s 26-year history.
Unlike Lt. Gov. Ramsey, Lawyers Want To Keep Tennessee Supreme Court Justices
The Tennessee Bar Association is all but endorsing three Supreme Court justices sitting for retention elections this year. The group released a poll Friday showing 90 percent of respondents favor keeping the court as it is.
Ridesharing Services Like Lyft and Uber Will Face New Regulations By End of Summer
Under Nashville’s current law, those services are technically illegal.
Remembering The Champion Of Middle Tennessee’s Cedar Glades, Elsie Quarterman
Middle Tennessee lost a trailblazing woman this week. Elsie Quarterman began working at Vanderbilt as a lab assistant during World War II; roughly twenty years later she was the university’s first female department chair. But the ecologist’s greatest legacy is in the small forest clearings she studied and preserved.
Karl Dean Doesn’t Want Charter Haters On The Nashville School Board
Nashville’s mayor says he “sort of doubts” he’ll endorse specific candidates running for school board. But he does have criteria for who he wants on the panel – charter school advocates.
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