Cooper calls minimum wage, estate tax bill “political trick”

The Senate is discussing a bill this week that would increase the minimum wage by 2 dollars and 10 cents over the next 3 years. The bill also significantly cuts the estate tax and changes pension law. The House voted mainly along party lines last Friday, advancing the bill in a 230 to 180 vote, […]

The democratic primary ballot in north Nashville is crowded this year with some state legislators facing challengers for the first time in nearly 10 years. Jesse Tucker is running against State Senator Thelma Harper, who has run opposed in a primary since 1994. State Representative Mary Pruitt’s last primary challenger was in 1998. Tomorrow, she’ll […]

More people need help paying their electric bills because of the hot and humid weather. Metro Action Commission helps Nashville residents pay their electric bills, especially during the winter and summer months when bills tend to be higher. MAC spokeswoman Lisa Gallon says the increase started in mid-July. “We started off the month at seeing […]

As a part of the national Night Out Against Crime, neighborhood block-parties around Nashville last night showed a drastic contrast in the challenges faced by various sections of the city. While neighbors in West Nashville’s Sylvan Park discuss the latest shed vandalism or stolen lawn mower, people North of town are battling violent crime. As […]

Nashville’s Gulch area hopes to replicate the success of the downtown Nashville business improvement district, with a bill before Metro Council tonight that will allow the businesses and landowners in the Gulch to tax themselves. Located to the south of downtown, the area will levy a 15-cent tax per 100-dollars of assessed property value, and […]

The democratic primary ballot in north Nashville is crowded this year, with some state legislators facing challengers for the first time in more than a decade. Jesse Tucker is challenging State Senator Thelma Harper, who has run unopposed in primaries since 1994. State Representative Mary Pruitt’s last primary challenger for her District 58 seat was […]

The Dixie Chicks first major tour in three years is underway, but relations between the most popular country band of the early 2000s and the Nashville country music industry are worse than ever. The feud exploded when lead singer Natalie Maines said she was ashamed President Bush was from Texas on the eve of the Iraq war. Three years later, instead of putting the controversy behind them, the band reemerged from a hiatus and picked up the fight where it left off.

A high-end boutique hotel chain with ties to the Frist family will be part of Nashville’s newest skyscraper. Developer of the 65-story signature tower, Tony Giarratana has chosen the Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group to develop a 10-story, 200-room hotel for the building. The Frist family is an investor in the San Francisco-based Kimpton. Tom […]

With three and a half days of campaigning left, the three republican US Senate candidates continue to slam records and spar over campaign advertising. U.S. Republican Senate hopeful Van Hilleary, says rival Bob Corker should stop running ads Hilleary calls “over the top” and “devoid of honor and integrity.” “Implying and suggesting and trying to […]

With the use of bio-fuels gaining national attention, one Nashville man bought into what’s known as the “grease car diesel.” He converted his vehicle to run on straight vegetable oil. WPLN’s Blake Farmer reports on this eco-friendly Nashville songwriter who’s been through the ringer for his veggie van.