Ford Rallies Clarksville Voters with Clark

U.S. Senate-hopeful Harold Ford Junior tried to distance himself from Senator John Kerry at a Clarksville rally yesterday.

One of the proposed changes to Metro’s governing document on the November 7th ballot, would require the Mayor to deliver the Davidson County budget to Metro Council members two months earlier. The budget is usually handed over to Council on the 25th of May. Councilman Buck Dozier says that leaves council members only a month […]

Democrat U-S Senate candidate Harold Ford Junior, criticized the newest negative ad released from his opponent, Republican Bob Corker yesterday. The ad criticizes Ford for a 1-thousand dollar donation to the legal defense fund of Dwain Kyles, a former campaign manager for Ford’s father. Kyles was indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges after a fire and […]

In addition to the races for governor and U-S Senate, for Davidson County voters there’s a slew of amendments to Metro’s governing document on the November 7th ballot. One of those would require the Mayor to give the annual State of Metro address in a public forum. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has hosted […]

The U-S Senate campaigns of Bob Corker and Harold Ford Jr., and their respective national parties, have spent nearly 40-million dollars, making this the most expensive race in Tennessee history.

Activists on both sides of the gay marriage debate are campaigning heavily to get out the vote on a proposed amendment to Tennessee’s constitution. But no matter what the result of next week’s election, Tennessee law will stay the same for the foreseeable future. In 1996 the General Assembly clarified Tennessee’s marriage laws to state […]

Express Scripts has won the contract to be the pharmacy benefit manager for CoverRx, a prescription drug plan that’s under the Cover Tennessee umbrella. It’s the first contract to be awarded for any of the programs in Cover Tennessee which also includes the health insurance for employees of small businesses and the high-risk pool. State […]

A 25-city bus tour started in Franklin today to rally support for a state constitutional amendment on the November ballot that aims to keep marriage between one man and one woman. Gatherings are planned in churches and on courthouse lawns from Memphis to the Tri Cities, but Nashville didn’t make the list of stops. Former […]

The U-S District attorney for Middle Tennessee, along with state and local law enforcement officials, announced today/yesterday the seizure of 55 kilos of cocaine–the second largest cocaine bust ever in the mid-state. Craig Morford, who assumed the Middle Tennessee district attorney post earlier this month, says 9 individuals were arrested in connection with a Mexican […]

Voters are continuing to break records at the polls in Tennessee. State Election Coordinator Brook Thompson says the latest early voting totals show 506-thousand people have voted so far. That translates into a 45% increase over the last mid-term election cycle four years ago. Thompson says the Senate race between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat […]