Nashville Voters React to Election Results

A day after Tennesseans sent Republican Bob Corker to the U-S Senate, voters here are assessing the national impact of the mid-term elections.

It was a clean sweep of approval for the six charter amendments on Metro’s ballot. Ben Cunningham of Tennessee Tax Revolt championed the amendment that requires a referendum to raise Davidson County’s property tax rate. “People have spoken very loudly and clearly that the next time the council wants or the mayor wants to raise […]

Tennessee voters have approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Former State Senator David Fowler led the effort to pass the marriage amendment. He says the 80-percent majority vote sent a clear message. “I think it’s a very strong statement by our citizens that marriage is important, families are important, and we don’t want the […]

Bob Corker says he’s honored by the faith Tennessee voters placed in him by sending him to the U-S Senate. Corker took an early lead in East Tennessee and never lost it as polls closed across the state. “There was a strong headwind working against us, but in the end the choice belonged to the […]

On a night that ended with Democrats taking a majority in the U-S House of Representatives, Congressman Harold Ford Junior conceded his Senate race shortly after midnight. The race was much closer than recent polls suggested, with Ford taking 48 percent of the vote to Republican Bob Corker’s 51 percent majority. Ford’s closest advisers were […]

TennCare has added new compliance measures for its managed care organizations to make sure they’re helping improve the health of enrollees. The measures were first used in 2004, but more were added this year. A report published last month, shows that the majority of the MCOs improved across most of the categories. The Health Plan […]

Some downtown Nashville stakeholders are complaining that a new community plan will draw development away from Gateway Boulevard.

This weekend, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell kicks off a series of walks through Metro Parks. As part of the Celebrate Nashville festivities, Purcell will lead hour-long hikes on the first Saturday of each month through June. The effort is intended to bring attention to the large system of parks, trails and greenways in Davidson County. […]

Next week’s election will determine whether local governments in Tennessee can lower the tax burden for some senior citizens. A proposed constitutional amendment would allow cities and counties to freeze the property taxes of some homeowners over the age of sixty-five living on a limited income. Brian McGuire is the state legislative director of the […]

A former Ft. Campbell soldier will stand trial in federal court on charges of murder, conspiracy, rape, and obstruction of justice. While he was a member of the 101st Airborne serving in Iraq this spring, twenty-one year old Steven Green allegedly raped, killed and burned the body of a fourteen-year old Iraqi girl, and killed […]