Homeless individuals looking for a way to make money may start hawking newspapers. A group of homeless men and women along with several advocates are working toward launching a monthly newspaper. The would-be reporters want to share information within the homeless community and educate those who have a place to call home about life on […]

Hundreds of Fisk University alumni are in town this weekend to celebrate Jubilee Day, which is tomorrow. It’s the day the original Jubilee Singers – made up of mostly ex-slaves – set out to raise money for the financially strapped school in 1871. They raised 40-thousand dollars that year and the schoolhouse doors stayed open. […]

Gas customers in some Middle Tennessee counties could see their rates go up soon, less than a year after they successfully fought for a decrease. Last year, the Tennessee Regulatory Authority decided that Atmos Energy was overcharging customers in Rutherford, Bedford, Williamson and Maury counties. It ordered the utility to drop its rates, reducing collections […]

The local investors negotiating to buy the Nashville Predators face a deadline of noon (tomorrow/today) to file any lease changes to be considered by the Metro Council this month. Team owner Craig Leipold has made October 31st a drop-dead date for the entire deal. At that point he could walk away with a 10-million dollar, […]

The Metro School Board meets with Mayor Karl Dean this afternoon. At the top of the agenda will be an update on where the district sits with the state as a result of its failure to meet Adequate Yearly Progress with the federal No Child Left Behind standards. Because the district fell in the ‘corrective […]

Band and orchestra programs in Metro Public Schools got a huge boost today with a 655-thousand dollar donation from the Country Music Association. Music education at Metro schools is barely funded – less than 143-thousand dollars is spread out across the district for instruments, repairs and uniforms.

The US House today overwhelmingly supported Nashville Democrat Jim Cooper’s Improving Accountability Act. The bill focuses on the nation’s Inspectors General, who are charged with rooting out waste and fraud. Its goal is to reduce political pressure on the watchdogs by making them more independent of department heads. At the same time, it sets out […]

Agents from the Tennessee Department of Revenue began cracking down on cigarette smugglers last week who were crossing the border and buying smokes in Kentucky, where the tax is now less than half of Tennessee’s. Governor Phil Bredesen says the tax dodging was expected when the state’s rate went up from 20 to 62-cents per […]

Local investors looking to buy the Nashville Predators brought the Metro Sports Authority a new study (today/yesterday). It shows that if the team left town the city would lose a million dollars more than it does now running the Sommet Center. The last profitable year for the venue was 1997. Since then, the Predator’s home […]

The Nashville Homeless Power Project renewed its call for more housing Tuesday night. The homeless advocacy group rallied in front of the courthouse before the start of the Metro Council meeting. They’re asking for 200 additional units. There are 84 homeless housing units now. Kay Rowe used to be homeless, but now volunteers for the […]