At a Sunset Hearing January 13, 2020, members of the Joint Subcommittee of Government Operations listen to testimony by Tennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Tony Parker. Despite a damning audit of Tennessee prisons, lawmakers voted […]
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — In November State Comptroller Justin Wilson and his deputy, Jason Mumpower, came to the David Scobey Council Chamber to deliver warnings to the City Council and Metro Water Services […]
Metro Director of Finance Kevin Crumbo addresses Special Meeting of the Budget & Finance Committee on December 11, 2019. NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville has dodged a bullet by balancing its 2019-2020 budget. Director of Finance, […]
“The value for this is $35,000 for licensing components,” ITS Director Keith Durbin told the Budget and Finance Committee. Michelle Hernandez-Lane leaned over and whispered ”$35 million” and Durbin corrected himself. “…$35 million for licensing […]
By Peter White Student debt is like a loan shark who keeps breaking your fingers because you can’t pay him back. College students owe $1.6 trillion, second only to home mortgage debt. After you graduate […]
NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor John Cooper announced Tuesday that teachers and support staff will get a 3% raise beginning in January. He wants to make it permanent but it’s not clear how given the state […]
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The soccer stadium inquiry in Chancery Court last week was a bit like the impeachment hearings in Washington. Two alternate realities played out in Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle’s courtroom: […]
City notables gather in front of Harper Cove Flats for the ribbon-cutting on November 19, 2019. Harper is wearing a blue hat. District 1 Councilman Jonathan Hall is wearing an orange hat. Former Councilman Nick […]
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Rep. Ro Khanna, age 43, is a second-generation Indian American and a 2nd term Congressman from Silicon Valley. He is a member of the the Armed Service, Budget, Oversight […]
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Fifteen groups want Metro to drop its contract with CoreCivic, the private prison corporation that has run the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility since 1992. They have found a champion […]
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