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July 30, 2026: Oil, water and Tennessee coal
Tennessee’s electric grid was built on a renewable power, but poor efficiency and increased reliance on fossil fuels are at the center of the current…
2 weeks ago
July 29, 2026: Learning the law
Middle Tennessee is now home to half of Tennessee’s law schools, but the first one decamped to Alabama decades ago. Plus the local news for July 29, …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
July 28, 2026: Flock cameras are watching
Now that license plate readers are in place over much of Tennessee, there’s a bill to limit future rollout. Plus the local news for July 28, 2026 and…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
July 27, 2026: Nashville in receivership
Twice in Nashville history, allegations of financial wrongdoing reached such a fever pitch that the state took over the purse strings and the mayors …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
July 24, 2026: Ever-expanding Nashville
As much housing as we’ve built in recent years, our city still doesn’t have enough places for people to live. But population trends suggest that we s…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
July 23, 2026: Eminent domain
Nashville may attempt to stop a data center project by using eminent domain, Rutherford County is considering it for obtaining the land for a public …
3 weeks ago
July 22, 2026: The executioner’s hood, removed
Normally, the identities of people who carry out an execution are kept firmly secret. That private detail has been made public. Plus the local news f…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
July 21, 2026: Building the statehouse
From a political fight (that compared Nashville to Sodom) to an untimely death and unusual grave, the story behind Tennessee’s physical seat of gover…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
July 20, 2026: Goodbye Hollywood, hello Nashville?
Tennessee officials have made some attempt to lure a major motion picture studio to relocate here. That raises questions about what a move might actu…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
July 17, 2026: Fort Negley, Fortress Rosencrans, and a law that went sideways
Two Middle Tennessee remnants of the Civil War are a reminder of something that’s true in any era: how laws aren’t always carried out in the way that…
3 weeks, 6 days ago