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During our long break, I’ve had some time to think about what’s going on with all the dissatisfaction from voters out there. For over a year we’ve been hearing about the Tea Party and whatnot, as if that’s the only political movement that’s energized in the nation. Certainly there’s some evidence out there that...
The question is simple: What’s wrong with getting unemployment pay? Nothing. Not one thing – and thankfully the Senate today squeaked out a bill to continue payments to 2.5 million jobless Americans. The money – $34 billion – will be quickly spent, yes, but that also means recapturing cash in local economies via spending...
R. Neal is breaking down the races around the state in a timely post this afternoon. We’ve finally gotten around to looking at the 99 races for the Tennessee House of Representatives. As you are aware (but we’ll repeat it like a broken record anyway), this is the most important election in recent memory...
When floods swept through Tennessee, lives were changed. What was taken for granted in many ways was gone. The state was optimistic though but the reality of having to start over impacted many Tennesseans lives and now that’s it’s not front page news we must not forget that this situation is nowhere near over....
Jim Voorhies is really knocking it out of the ballpark this weekend. He talks about how election years are really no different that a year of politics these days. And how everyone is being failed. There are many things we need to discuss – as a people – that is, and it’s not going...
It’s abyss time, campers, where the week has put on it’s false teeth and bitten a chunk out of our hineys. Yet, there is a fond and gentle hope that on this Friday Eve we can slowly recover from a work week that wanted our souls, our babies’ souls and most probably the souls...
Breaking from WKRN: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Gaylord Entertainment Company announced plans Wednesday to release more than 1,700 employees at its Opryland Resort in the wake of historic flooding that hit the Nashville area last month. Since May 3, Gaylord has been providing its Opryland employees with full pay and benefits. However, as a result...
Anyone who blogs in Tennessee has read Katie Allison Granju. She’s a power house when it come to writing and she’s never walked away from writing about the tough stuff. Miscarriages, divorce, a new marriage … all of these things we’ve followed throughout the years and been better for it, she’s offered to us...
No one does it better than Tom Humphrey. This, my friends, is what this week in Nashville is going to be about. Perhaps the most interesting pieces of the current Tennessee budget puzzle, which our fair state’s best and brightest legislators seemed utterly unable to assemble last week, involve the $341 million contingency question....
Rural Voters Are Tired Of The Political Spin
Finally, a story comes from the Tennessean about how rural voters are sick and tired of hearing candidates talk about jobs but not have a concrete plan. The economy — creating jobs and lowering unemployment — is by far the most important issue in this year’s elections, voters across the state say. But in...
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