Pinnacle Financial Breaks Ground on New Building

Pinnacle Financial Partners broke ground on a new office complex yesterday. By 2010, company officials say the parking lot at 3rd Avenue across from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center will be a 28-story building called “The Pinnacle at Symphony Place.” The 7-year-old Nashville-based company will move from its West End office and share space with the […]

A Metro Police practice of releasing names and photos of violent criminals is safe for now, despite objections by Vanderbilt University professor James Blumstein. The respected attorney raised the issue last year after realizing Metro Police were not following a consent decree issued in 1974. The settlement prevented the department from releasing raw arrest data. […]

Five Mayoral candidates told music industry representatives Wednesday night that they’ll do everything they can to help it prosper. The music industry faces major challenges as more consumers shift to buying and listening to music online. Most of the questions, however, didn’t focus on that issue, but rather on bringing more music education to Nashville’s […]

Tennessee, along with 47 other states, announced a settlement (today/yesterday) with the Internet service provider America On Line, over charges the company was making it difficult for consumers to cancel its service AOL will refund customers who have been charged for services without their consent within the last year-and-a-half. To get a refund, Tennesseans need […]

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee has accepted the top post at Ohio State University, after rejecting the offer last month. Gee was the president of Ohio State from 1990 to 1997. Gee did not appear in person today to answer any questions, but University spokesman Mike Schoenfeld did. “It was a surprise but I know […]

A community meeting in Tullahoma last night brought out school board members, county mayors, and state legislators – all praising the prospect of the possibility of a new mission at Arnold Air Force Base. Not one person spoke against a new mission called ‘C-BAT,’ which stands for Common Battlefield Airmen Training. It’s a five-week combat […]

A proposed residential development in Green Hills has been delayed after neighbors told Metro Council members last night that they want more input on the project. An urban design overlay is being proposed to allow for up to 162 new housing units on Castleman Drive just off Hillsboro Pike. The neighbors at Tuesday night’s council […]

Former Congressman Bob Clement and former Metro Legal Director Karl Dean top the list of second quarter fundraising results for the Nashville mayoral race. Clement announced yesterday he’s raised 1.25 million dollars and Dean said today he’s raised 850-thousand as of June 30th. Dean loaned his campaign 325-thousand dollars of his own money this quarter, […]

Nashville Electric Service is selling more ‘green’ power than ever under TVA’s Green Power Switch program. In June, NES signed up 434 new customers which more than doubled the same month last year. The utility is on pace to sign up more than 2-thousand participants this year. As companies and individuals increasingly look to offset […]

In 1974 a federal judge issued a consent decree that prevented Metro Police from releasing raw arrest data such as names and photos to the public. Tomorrow, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger will hear new arguments in the case. Vanderbilt University law professor James Blumstein represented the original plaintiff whose identity remains anonymous. According to […]