Good morning, Nashville. By the time you read this, the demolition of the Nashville Autohaus and several other buildings near the 7th and Shirley intersection will probably be underway (but not Rocketown just yet!) Construction for the Music City Center is expected to break ground today meaning that all of the buildings that are currently in the way will be coming down this week. As we’ve been mentioning, getting around that part of downtown may be a little tricky for the next few weeks as rolling lane closures take place and buildings are taken down.
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- Middle Tennessee is in a Winter Weather Advisory, but this storm looks pretty lame. Which is okay with us. [WSMV]
- The East Coast, however, is expected to get 20-30 inches of snow dumped on them and it’s already causing some widespread flight delays and cancellations at BNA. [Tennessean]
- Seven months after Steve McNair’s murder, police have released tapes of the interviews with the two men who found McNair’s body and called the police. This one’s not for the faint of heart. [WKRN]
- Since the Saturday parking meter thing went into effect a few weeks ago, Nashvillians have already racked up more than 200 tickets. [Tennessean]
- Headline of the day: “Cow Tips Man At UT Ag School, Victim Not Hurt.” [WTVF]
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Good morning, Nashville. More details about the big transit meeting are emerging and it turns out that city leaders are kicking around actual ideas for a light rail system sometime in the (probably distant) future. Though we know that this kind of talk makes the rounds at least once or twice a year, the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is taking a look at other cities for ideas about how to create a revenue source that would support it. In the meantime, Mayor Dean says that more bus rapid transit routes like the one on Gallatin will be implemented soon. We’re also pretty excited about those free circulator buses we keep hearing about.
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Good morning, Nashville. On the heels of Governor Phil’s announcement of widespread TennCare cuts, many hospitals are speaking out and comparing the cuts to Armageddon and declaring that “people will die” if they actually go into effect. Among the most devastating, they say, is the $10,000 cap on hospital stays for TennCare patients. This essentially means that the state will stop paying for the patient’s hospitalization once the bill reaches $10,000 over the course of a year, and hospitals are responsible for finding other ways to recoup the remaining balance. Hospital officials say that this will affect most patients who are hospitalized since most do reach that cap.
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Good morning, Nashville. With all of the budget-related news this week, it’s no surprise to hear that Tennessee lawmakers are considering reducing unemployment benefits, which are already tied with Florida’s for the fourth-lowest in the country. At the rate we’re going, our state’s unemployment fund will be about $20 million in the hole by April and is on track to be in much worse shape by next year. Though unemployment numbers seemed to level out briefly near the end of 2009, they’ve shown a steady increase in the past few months and levying additional taxes on businesses to cover the gap just isn’t cutting it.
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