Supporters of the proposed new $455 million downtown convention center intend to ask the Metro Council soon to pass legislation by August so Metro can begin collecting new tourist tax dollars by the end of the year in preparation for funding the new Music City Center.
Yesterday, the state Senate passed legislation enabling the Metro Council to fund the new convention center, which would sit south of Broadway downtown. More
Vanderbilt had just won its first Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament championship in 27 years Sunday, but a slight look of disgust broke across the face of Tim Corbin. More
In the midst of an already-heated district Metro Council race to replace him, term-limited District 24 Councilman John Summers has reintroduced legislation to apply a zoning overlay atop the nearly 600-acre Sylvan Park neighborhood that would place restrictions and guidelines on home construction in an attempt to preserve the neighborhood
The Metro Police Department has teamed up with a pair of Metro councilmen to crack down on after-hours clubs in Nashville, which officials say are a public safety hazard that have operated unchecked for far too long. More
On the strength of lockstep Democratic support, the state Senate passed a 42-cent per pack cigarette tax increase Thursday on a 17-16 party-line vote, more than tripling the state
To crackdown on some of the effects of secondhand smoke, the state House and Senate approved a watered-down bill to ban smoking in restaurants and some workplaces Thursday but allow it in bars and certain small businesses. More
To crackdown on some of the effects of secondhand smoke, the state House and Senate approved a watered-down bill to ban smoking in restaurants and some workplaces Thursday but allow it in bars and certain small businesses. More
Alain Resnais's award-winning film Private Fears in Public Places, which opens today at the Belcourt, won't make anyone feel particularly warm or optimistic about the fate of supposedly secure relationships. More
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