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Early voting for the metro election began today. Election officials hope this year’s hotly contested mayoral race will draw more people back to the polls. Historically, over half the voters that show up for the general election do not vote in the run-off. Ray Barrett, Davidson County Election Administrator, says this is due in large […]

Mayoral candidate Karl Dean toured the 287(g) program today at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department. All the mayoral candidates in the recent general election supported the program, which allows the Sheriff’s Department to access federal immigration records and check on the status of people who’ve been arrested and have no documentation. Immigrant activists have complained […]

None of the former mayoral candidates have endorsed either Bob Clement or Karl Dean in the September 11th runoff, but both men have been seeking the support of the 50-thousand people who didn’t vote for them in the primary election. Yesterday Bob Clement accepted the endorsement of the Nashville Firefighter’s Union, who had previously supported […]

Governor Phil Bredesen led a national meeting yesterday to discuss ways to improve the electronic exchange of health records. A report released by the National Governor’s Association says that at least 44-thousand people die each year from what they call a “preventable medical error,” due in part, to the fact that the U.S. healthcare system […]

Rhonda Vincent and The Rage earned 11 nominations today as the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the nominees for their annual awards ceremony. Vincent and the Rage received nods for Entertainer of the Year, Best Vocal Group, Best Song, and Album of the Year. Doyle Lawson and his group Quicksilver are also up for nine […]

Governor Phil Bredesen wants to hear what the state’s high school graduates need to know as they enter the workforce. Today Bredesen met with more than 20 Nashville executives. He asked what skills they think Tennessee’s high school graduates lack. Bredesen raised the topic after finding that many of the students who do well on […]

This weekend Nashville will celebrate the beginning of the school year with the 8th annual “First Day” festival. The festival will include entertainment, information, and free school supplies. Mayor Purcell initiated the festival after taking office eight years ago. Since then, Nashville has received nationwide praise for the First Day program. With over one third […]

Former fire Chief Buck Dozier placed fourth in the mayor’s race. He conceded early in the evening, about an hour and a half after polls closed. “Throughout my life I’ve always adhered to the principal that we should do our best…and along the way, we respect those that we come in contact with. We put […]

The Tennessee Valley Authority Board unanimously voted today to resume construction on Unit 2 of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant after having halted construction in 1985. Construction was brought to a standstill after energy demands tapered off in the late 1980s. Now, with energy usage rising, TVA officials say the completion of Unit 2 is […]

Today Nashville dedicated “GHOST BALLET FOR THE EAST BANK MACHINEWORKS,” the first project completed under Nashville’s public art program. Made of sprawling steel arcs, reaching 100 feet into the air and weighing 12 tons, GHOST BALLET serves as a symbolic union between the once-industrialized east side and the arts-influenced west side. The work was funded […]