Listen Gun ranges in the Nashville area are looking forward to next weekend, when more than 70,000 people are expected to visit for the National Rifle Association convention. Nashville Armory, near One Hundred Oaks Mall, is preparing for several hundred customers a day during the event.
Thanks To NRA Convention, Middle Tennessee Gun Ranges Expect A Boost In Business
The Future of Nashville Tech Is Not Just In Healthcare, Says Entrepreneur Center’s New CEO
Listen Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center, a nonprofit that acts as the city’s technology hub, has picked a venture capitalist with strong ties to the healthcare industry as its new CEO. Stuart McWhorter is co-founder of a Brentwood investment firm, Clayton Associates, that works with early-stage companies. The firm runs an investment fund which operates in the […]
Fight To Define ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ Draws In Koch Brothers Group
An effort to widen the state’s narrow definition of “Tennessee whiskey” is gaining strength, and it’s drawn in a surprising ally: the libertarian group Americans for Prosperity. Lawmakers are debating a measure that would repeal the definition they put on the book just two years ago. The law has favored a few distillers — most notably Jack Daniel’s — […]
Lawmakers Move Ahead With Plan To Make The Bible Tennessee’s Official Book
Despite some hesitancy from lawmakers, a plan to make the Bible the official book of Tennessee is moving ahead. Rep. Jerry Sexton (R-Bean Station) said polling done by supporters of his bill shows a majority of Tennesseans agrees the Bible should be the official book. Most people, he added, believe it would be constitutional. But […]
Chattanooga Senator Todd Gardenhire Unapologetic After Cussing Insure Tennessee Supporter
Chattanooga Senator Todd Gardenhire is being criticized for shouting an expletive at a supporter of the Insure Tennessee health plan after yesterday’s emotional debate. Video posted on YouTube captures the Republican lawmaker yelling at an unseen man who had questioned whether Gardenhire would drop the health coverage he receives as a state legislator.
Tennessee Senate Votes To Let Guns Into State Capitol
Listen Guns could soon be allowed inside the Tennessee Capitol. The state Senate voted this morning to add the statehouse to a measure, House Bill 995, that would allow guns in all parks in Tennessee. Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) suggested the amendment to bring attention to what he says is the “hypocrisy” of allowing guns around […]
Ultrasound Abortion Bill Gets Lukewarm Response In Tennessee Legislature
Listen A state representative from Rutherford County has withdrawn a bill that would have required doctors to show women an ultrasound of their fetus before getting an abortion. Lawmakers said they were concerned about a technicality of the bill, but it hasn’t had much support from the start. Anti-abortion advocates have said for months that […]
New Tennessee State Museum In The Works, Thanks To Extra Tax Revenue
Listen Updated 4 p.m. An unexpected surge in business tax collections may go to build a new Tennessee State Museum —in its first ever dedicated home. Governor Bill Haslam proposed using $120 million to get started on a building that’s been mired in the planning stage for years. As recently as earlier this month, state […]
New Tennessee State Museum In The Works, Thanks To Extra Tax Revenue
Listen Updated 4 p.m. An unexpected surge in business tax collections may go to build a new Tennessee State Museum —in its first ever dedicated home. Governor Bill Haslam proposed using $120 million to get started on a building that’s been mired in the planning stage for years. As recently as earlier this month, state […]
House OKs Guns-In-Parks Bill That Eliminates Opt-Out Provision
Listen Lawmakers in the state House of Representatives voted by a two-thirds margin Monday night to open up parks in Nashville and other cities to guns. The move sets up a potential confrontation with Gov. Bill Haslam — right as the state prepares to play host to tens of thousands of gun owners.
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